mrs_schwarz's current reads
13 books

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

1392 pages • first pub 1869 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

Mario Vargas Llosa

374 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark slow-paced
Tomás Nevinson by Javier Marías

Tomás Nevinson

Nevinson #2

Javier Marías

641 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical thriller emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
I racconti della Kolyma by Varlam Shalamov

I racconti della Kolyma

Varlam Shalamov

631 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history short stories dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Double by José Saramago

The Double

José Saramago

324 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction magical realism mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Unconsoled

Kazuo Ishiguro

535 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Gulag Archipelago, Volume I by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Gulag Archipelago, Volume I

The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-2

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

660 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging reflective slow-paced
Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman

Stalingrad

Stalingrad #1

Vasily Grossman

1053 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Diaboliad by Mikhail Bulgakov

Diaboliad

Mikhail Bulgakov

174 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

4.0mrs_schwarz's review
fiction classics short stories funny reflective slow-paced
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño

The Savage Detectives

Roberto Bolaño

577 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced