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Journey into the Past by Stefan Zweig

Journey into the Past

Stefan Zweig

136 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
The Monk by Matthew Lewis

The Monk

Matthew Lewis

432 pages • first pub 1796 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Michelle McNamara

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

970 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

Carrie Brownstein

244 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction feminism memoir music reflective slow-paced
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport

The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra

The Romanov Sisters #2

Helen Rappaport

492 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction biography history emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Lover by Marguerite Duras

The Lover

The Lover #1

Marguerite Duras

128 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
fiction autobiography classics literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced