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20 books

Blue Nights by Joan Didion

Blue Nights

Joan Didion

4 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0literaryblues's review
nonfiction autobiography literary memoir reflective slow-paced
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

337 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0literaryblues's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "learned" by Lena Dunham

Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "learned"

Lena Dunham

265 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0literaryblues's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny reflective medium-paced
The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

The Course of Love

Alain de Botton

240 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0literaryblues's review
fiction philosophy psychology romance reflective medium-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

228 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0literaryblues's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

This Is Where It Ends

Marieke Nijkamp

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0literaryblues's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ thriller young adult challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

180 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

5.0literaryblues's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

298 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0literaryblues's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

784 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0literaryblues's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter

The First Time She Drowned

Kerry Kletter

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0literaryblues's review
fiction contemporary young adult dark slow-paced