New Year, New Wave 2024 - hosted by nobodyspoet

Read a book set in a real-world place you'd like to travel to
Cheap Black and White by Timbuk 3

In a tiny little house me and my girl
Take a little trip around the world
In the moonlight, in cheap black and white
We love to lay around in bed
Playing tourist in our heads
All books added
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

316 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto

160 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Hwang Bo-reum

308 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Millennium #1

Stieg Larsson

465 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

Fredrik Backman

384 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Maid by Nita Prose

The Maid

Molly the Maid #1

Nita Prose

289 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller mysterious medium-paced
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

273 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Yōko Ogawa

180 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai

177 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
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