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The Summer House by Masashi Matsuie

The Summer House

Masashi Matsuie

400 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

127 pages • hardcover • 1943

fiction childrens classics fantasy emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before Your Memory Fades

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #3

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

315 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

341 pages • digital • 2019

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Agile Mind: How Your Brain Makes Creativity Happen by Estanislao Bachrach

The Agile Mind: How Your Brain Makes Creativity Happen

Estanislao Bachrach

256 pages • 2012

nonfiction psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
My Grumpy Cop by Tamara Balliana

My Grumpy Cop

Tamara Balliana

232 pages • digital user-added

fiction romance
The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

208 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed by Yoru Sumino

Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed

Yoru Sumino

10 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

274 pages • hardcover • 1994

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective sad slow-paced
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

Dragon Rider

Dragon Rider #1

Cornelia Funke

523 pages • hardcover • 1997

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced