thegrandnarrative's
2023
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Possession by A.S. Byatt

Possession

A.S. Byatt

576 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

4.5thegrandnarrative's review
fiction literary romance challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s by Raphael Cormack

Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s

Raphael Cormack

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.5thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Little French Bistro by Nina George

The Little French Bistro

Nina George

311 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

4.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction contemporary romance informative slow-paced
Unfuck Yourself by Gary John Bishop

Unfuck Yourself

Gary John Bishop

221 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

1.5thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages by Phyllis Rose

Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages

Phyllis Rose

336 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

325 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Doomsday Morning by C.L. Moore

Doomsday Morning

C.L. Moore

240 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

4.5thegrandnarrative's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler

Back When We Were Grownups

Anne Tyler

336 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

3.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung

251 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

2.5thegrandnarrative's review
fiction horror short stories speculative fiction dark mysterious medium-paced
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling

Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling

228 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

3.5thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced