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23 books

The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

The Woman Destroyed

Simone de Beauvoir

256 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0gssarchive's review
fiction literary short stories reflective slow-paced
The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

The Lost Daughter

Elena Ferrante

140 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0gssarchive's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

188 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0gssarchive's review
fiction dystopian literary speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

The Neapolitan Novels #3

Elena Ferrante

418 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0gssarchive's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

146 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0gssarchive's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Severance by Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma

291 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0gssarchive's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Idiot

The Idiot #1

Elif Batuman

464 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0gssarchive's review
fiction literary funny reflective slow-paced
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

331 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0gssarchive's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

246 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0gssarchive's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

287 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0gssarchive's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced