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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

299 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship Between a First Lady and a Former Slave by Jennifer Fleischner

Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship Between a First Lady and a Former Slave

Jennifer Fleischner

384 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
The Truest Pleasure by Robert Morgan

The Truest Pleasure

Robert Morgan

334 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Kim Edwards

401 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

The Book of Negroes

Lawrence Hill

512 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

Medicine Walk

Richard Wagamese

245 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson

478 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
April 1865: The Month That Saved America by Jay Winik

April 1865: The Month That Saved America

Jay Winik

461 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

The Good Earth

House of Earth #1

Pearl S. Buck

418 pages • first pub 1931 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced
Atonement by Ian McEwan

Atonement

Ian McEwan

351 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced