Lorna Raver

39 books

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

333 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

fiction classics romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

837 pages • first pub 1877 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

248 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell

Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture

Ellen Ruppel Shell

320 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction business economics sociology informative slow-paced
Cujo by Stephen King

Cujo

Stephen King

304 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark tense medium-paced
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor

Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories

Flannery O'Connor

269 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

fiction classics short stories dark reflective medium-paced
French Exit by Patrick deWitt

French Exit

Patrick deWitt

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe

Whistle Stop, AL #1

Fannie Flagg

403 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen by Geraldine McCaughrean

The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen

Cissy Sissney #2

Geraldine McCaughrean

336 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

The Gnostic Gospels

Elaine Pagels

224 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced