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The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Idiot

The Idiot #1

Elif Batuman

423 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary funny reflective slow-paced
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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories

Alice Munro

336 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Goon Squad #1

Jennifer Egan

273 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Years by Annie Ernaux

The Years

Annie Ernaux

227 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction literary memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

333 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Overstory

Richard Powers

502 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

241 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

653 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective slow-paced
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

331 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

ねじまき鳥クロニクル / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle #1-3

Haruki Murakami

607 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective slow-paced