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28 books

The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

The Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst

512 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Bleak House

Charles Dickens

1088 pages • first pub 1852 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction classics literary mystery dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown by Rory Carroll

Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown

Rory Carroll

409 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
nonfiction history politics true crime informative tense medium-paced
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Mary Beard

493 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove #3

Larry McMurtry

843 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Wager by David Grann

The Wager

David Grann

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
The March by E.L. Doctorow

The March

E.L. Doctorow

367 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

Brooklyn

Eilis Lacey #1

Colm Tóibín

252 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

391 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
nonfiction memoir informative medium-paced
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton

338 pages • first pub 1905 (editions) user-added

5.0pjraff's review
fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced