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43 books

Ash in the Belly : India's Unfinished Battle Against Hunger by Harsh Mander

Ash in the Belly : India's Unfinished Battle Against Hunger

Harsh Mander

368 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0diyuk's review
nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

340 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0diyuk's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

14 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0diyuk's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Paradise

Abdulrazak Gurnah

256 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0diyuk's review
fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

430 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0diyuk's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0diyuk's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

112 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0diyuk's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

152 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0diyuk's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway

293 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

5.0diyuk's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

80 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

5.0diyuk's review
nonfiction classics essays poetry inspiring reflective fast-paced