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Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

Disgrace

J.M. Coetzee

220 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0laylajohnston's review
fiction classics contemporary literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Affliction by Russell Banks

Affliction

Russell Banks

368 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0laylajohnston's review
fiction contemporary dark tense slow-paced
Simone Weil: A Penguin Life by Francine du Plessix Gray

Simone Weil: A Penguin Life

Penguin Lives

Francine du Plessix Gray

246 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0laylajohnston's review
nonfiction biography philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
Victoria Woodhull's Sexual Revolution: Political Theater and the Popular Press in Nineteenth-Century America by Amanda Frisken

Victoria Woodhull's Sexual Revolution: Political Theater and the Popular Press in Nineteenth-Century America

Amanda Frisken

225 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0laylajohnston's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Open Secrets: Stories by Alice Munro

Open Secrets: Stories

Alice Munro

304 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

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fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro

The Love of a Good Woman

Alice Munro

352 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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fiction literary short stories reflective medium-paced
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel Foucault

Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

Michel Foucault

320 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0laylajohnston's review
nonfiction history philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

541 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

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nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

414 pages • first pub 1939 (editions) user-added

5.0laylajohnston's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time

Time Quintet #1

Madeleine L'Engle

211 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

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fiction fantasy middle grade science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced