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The Rainbow by Yasunari Kawabata

The Rainbow

Yasunari Kawabata

224 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan

The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life

Amy Tan

416 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced
My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds by Hannah Pick-Goslar

My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds

Hannah Pick-Goslar

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

The Bonesetter's Daughter

Amy Tan

400 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Fear: A Novel of World War I by Gabriel Chevallier

Fear: A Novel of World War I

Gabriel Chevallier

305 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction historical thriller reflective slow-paced
Sixkill by Robert B. Parker

Sixkill

Spenser #39

Robert B. Parker

293 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami

Dance Dance Dance

The Rat #4

Haruki Murakami

393 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction crime literary magical realism mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie

Joseph Anton

Salman Rushdie

636 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction biography memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
The Patch by John McPhee

The Patch

John McPhee

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports informative slow-paced
24 hours by Greg Iles

24 hours

Mississippi #2

Greg Iles

448 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction mystery thriller mysterious tense fast-paced