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When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

When We Were Orphans

Kazuo Ishiguro

352 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
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Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

269 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

The Blind Owl

Sadegh Hedayat

133 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

480 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

Almond

Won-pyung Sohn

259 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

Notes of a Crocodile

Qiu Miaojin

242 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The White Album: Essays by Joan Didion

The White Album: Essays

Joan Didion

224 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction essays history informative reflective medium-paced
The Soul of Man Under Socialism, and Selected Critical Prose by Linda Dowling, Oscar Wilde

The Soul of Man Under Socialism, and Selected Critical Prose

Oscar Wilde, Linda Dowling

432 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays politics reflective slow-paced
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

John Vaillant

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative reflective medium-paced
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley

All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

Patrick Bringley

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction art memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced