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11 books

The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt

The Last Samurai

Helen DeWitt

484 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0phess2's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

401 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0phess2's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

Turtles All the Way Down

John Green

286 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0phess2's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

Gilead #1

Marilynne Robinson

247 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0phess2's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays

Alexander Chee

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0phess2's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli

Faces in the Crowd

Valeria Luiselli

146 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0phess2's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Space Struck by Paige Lewis

Space Struck

Paige Lewis

78 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0phess2's review
nonfiction poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0phess2's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Rebecca Solnit

207 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0phess2's review
nonfiction essays memoir reflective relaxing slow-paced
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits

Del Valle Family #3

Isabel Allende

448 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0phess2's review
fiction historical literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced