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24 books

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove #1

Larry McMurtry

843 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction classics historical 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 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
The Master by Colm Tóibín

The Master

Colm Tóibín

368 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical reflective slow-paced
O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

O Caledonia

Elspeth Barker

224 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction classics literary thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

272 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Trust by Hernán Díaz

Trust

Hernán Díaz

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical literary challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced