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194 books

Florida by Lauren Groff

Florida

Lauren Groff

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0adam_armstrong_yu's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin

Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession

Alice Bolin

276 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0adam_armstrong_yu's review
nonfiction essays feminism true crime challenging informative slow-paced
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

Ann Patchett

306 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0adam_armstrong_yu's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional medium-paced
The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
The Wife
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Meg Wolitzer

The Wife

Meg Wolitzer

219 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0adam_armstrong_yu's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank

The Wonder Spot

Melissa Bank

324 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0adam_armstrong_yu's review
fiction contemporary short stories lighthearted slow-paced
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg

All Grown Up

Jami Attenberg

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0adam_armstrong_yu's review
fiction contemporary emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Freedom

Jonathan Franzen

706 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0adam_armstrong_yu's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles by Gary Krist

The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles

Gary Krist

402 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0adam_armstrong_yu's review
nonfiction history informative fast-paced
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry Into the Salem Witch Trials by Marion L. Starkey

The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry Into the Salem Witch Trials

Marion L. Starkey

291 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0adam_armstrong_yu's review
nonfiction historical history dark informative sad slow-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

182 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0adam_armstrong_yu's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced