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57 books

The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton

The Rehearsal

Eleanor Catton

320 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0livlaw's review
fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

501 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0livlaw's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

702 pages • first pub 1866 (editions)

5.0livlaw's review
fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
In the Woods by Tana French

In the Woods

Dublin Murder Squad #1

Tana French

429 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0livlaw's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter #1

J.K. Rowling

223 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0livlaw's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

La Belle Sauvage

The Book of Dust #1

Philip Pullman

464 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0livlaw's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Likeness by Tana French

The Likeness

Dublin Murder Squad #2

Tana French

553 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0livlaw's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Lori Gottlieb

415 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0livlaw's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional reflective medium-paced
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Ruin and Rising

Shadow and Bone #3

Leigh Bardugo

416 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0livlaw's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

282 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0livlaw's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced