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52 books

Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

192 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0goose_friends's review
nonfiction classics essays race challenging reflective slow-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0goose_friends's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett

Pond

Claire-Louise Bennett

148 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0goose_friends's review
fiction literary short stories reflective slow-paced
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

331 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0goose_friends's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk

The Red-Haired Woman

Orhan Pamuk

7 hours • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0goose_friends's review
fiction mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri

291 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0goose_friends's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Let the Great World Spin

Colum McCann

351 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0goose_friends's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

294 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0goose_friends's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

The Hour of the Star

Clarice Lispector

96 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0goose_friends's review
fiction literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss

Forest Dark

Nicole Krauss

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0goose_friends's review
fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced