Léa Viveiros de Castro

22 books

Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller

Notes on a Scandal

Zoë Heller

244 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake

MaddAddam #1

Margaret Atwood

389 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction dystopian speculative fiction reflective slow-paced
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Rules of Civility

Amor Towles

335 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes

150 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice

Servant of the Bones

Anne Rice

432 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark slow-paced
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina Nayeri

A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea

Dina Nayeri

432 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Tent by Margaret Atwood

The Tent

Margaret Atwood

159 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction poetry short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

The Thirteenth Tale

Diane Setterfield

406 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

176 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Levels of Life by Julian Barnes

Levels of Life

Julian Barnes

128 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography essays memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced