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28 books

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

206 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 lgbtqia+ 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
The New Life by Tom Crewe

The New Life

Tom Crewe

376 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

Commonwealth

Ann Patchett

322 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

337 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall

Prisoners of Geography

Politics of Place #1

Tim Marshall

306 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout

Anything is Possible

Amgash #2

Elizabeth Strout

257 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

616 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced