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26 books

The Pleasure of the Text by Roland Barthes

The Pleasure of the Text

Roland Barthes

80 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
The Ambassadors by Henry James

The Ambassadors

Henry James

495 pages • first pub 1903 (editions)

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fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
How to Be Both by Ali Smith

How to Be Both

Ali Smith

316 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

170 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

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fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
10:04 by Ben Lerner

10:04

Ben Lerner

256 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Flights

Olga Tokarczuk

416 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

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fiction literary magical realism short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

622 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

Trust Exercise

Susan Choi

257 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction contemporary literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Incorrect Merciful Impulses by Camille Rankine

Incorrect Merciful Impulses

Camille Rankine

80 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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fiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced