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39 books

The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt

The Last Samurai

Helen DeWitt

530 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective medium-paced
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Disoriental by Négar Djavadi

Disoriental

Négar Djavadi

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Fleishman Is in Trouble

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

The Story of the Lost Child

The Neapolitan Novels #4

Elena Ferrante

473 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad 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

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

489 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Some Trick: Thirteen Stories by Helen DeWitt

Some Trick: Thirteen Stories

Helen DeWitt

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

343 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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