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8 books

Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton

Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir

Dolly Alderton

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

389 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Either/Or by Elif Batuman

Either/Or

The Idiot #2

Elif Batuman

360 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

Lapvona

Ottessa Moshfegh

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism dark tense medium-paced
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

A Certain Hunger

Chelsea G. Summers

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction horror literary thriller dark funny medium-paced
I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart

I Will Die in a Foreign Land

Kalani Pickhart

300 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

443 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced