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Foster by Claire Keegan

Foster

Claire Keegan

89 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0daviddevaal's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Het verhaal van het verloren kind by Elena Ferrante

Het verhaal van het verloren kind

The Neapolitan Novels #4

Elena Ferrante

480 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0daviddevaal's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0daviddevaal's review
fiction literary science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Het achtste leven (voor Brilka) by Nino Haratischwili

Het achtste leven (voor Brilka)

Nino Haratischwili

1275 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0daviddevaal's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Snow, Dog, Foot by Claudio Morandini

Snow, Dog, Foot

Claudio Morandini

128 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0daviddevaal's review
fiction literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis

Nina Simone's Gum

Warren Ellis

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0daviddevaal's review
nonfiction biography memoir music emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Overgave by Martin MacInnes

Overgave

Martin MacInnes

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0daviddevaal's review
fiction literary mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Milkman by Anna Burns

Milkman

Anna Burns

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0daviddevaal's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Café Dorian by Gilles van der Loo

Café Dorian

Gilles van der Loo

189 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0daviddevaal's review
fiction literary
Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien

Leaving Las Vegas

John O'Brien

200 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0daviddevaal's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad slow-paced