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The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery

325 pages • paperback • 2006

5.0rkaufman13's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Halsey Street by Naima Coster

Halsey Street

Naima Coster

500 pages • 2018

5.0rkaufman13's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed

Mumbo Jumbo

Ishmael Reed

223 pages • paperback • 1972

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fiction classics historical literary race challenging reflective medium-paced
In the Land of Invented Languages: A Celebration of Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius by Arika Okrent

In the Land of Invented Languages: A Celebration of Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius

Arika Okrent

342 pages • paperback • 2009

5.0rkaufman13's review
nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
Florida by Lauren Groff

Florida

Lauren Groff

275 pages • paperback • 2018

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fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • hardcover • 2021

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nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower

Tamsyn Muir

146 pages • digital • 2020

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fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous fast-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

496 pages • hardcover • 1939

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fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

These Precious Days

Ann Patchett

320 pages • hardcover • 2021

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nonfiction essays memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham

A Shadow in Summer

Long Price Quartet #1

Daniel Abraham

331 pages • hardcover • 2006

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fiction fantasy dark mysterious slow-paced