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28 books

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

My Name is Lucy Barton

Amgash #1

Elizabeth Strout

193 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

438 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

The Lost Daughter

Elena Ferrante

140 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

290 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Sunset Song

A Scots Quair #1

Lewis Grassic Gibbon

286 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye

The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice

Shon Faye

310 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Still Life by Sarah Winman

Still Life

Sarah Winman

436 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford

Golden Hill

Francis Spufford

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical mysterious medium-paced