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76 books

Playground by Richard Powers

Playground

Richard Powers

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0karinwestbrook's review
fiction literary speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Migrations

Charlotte McConaghy

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0karinwestbrook's review
fiction dystopian literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry

Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

300 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0karinwestbrook's review
fiction contemporary crime literary mystery dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0karinwestbrook's review
fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

We Were the Mulvaneys

Joyce Carol Oates

454 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0karinwestbrook's review
fiction contemporary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Song of Solomon: A Novel by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon: A Novel

Toni Morrison

354 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0karinwestbrook's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

338 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0karinwestbrook's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

The Shell Seekers

Rosamunde Pilcher

530 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0karinwestbrook's review
fiction romance emotional reflective slow-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0karinwestbrook's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
This Is Happiness by Niall Williams

This Is Happiness

Niall Williams

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0karinwestbrook's review
fiction historical literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced