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23 books

The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell

559 pages • first pub 1790 (editions) user-added

5.0auroraleighs's review
nonfiction biography classics history reflective slow-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

295 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0auroraleighs's review
fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

The Vaster Wilds

Lauren Groff

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0auroraleighs's review
fiction historical literary adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0auroraleighs's review
nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

209 pages • first pub 1927 (editions)

5.0auroraleighs's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

224 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0auroraleighs's review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Evelyn Waugh

352 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0auroraleighs's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks

Morbidly Yours

Love in Galway #1

Ivy Fairbanks

351 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0auroraleighs's review
fiction romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Villette

Charlotte Brontë

462 pages • first pub 1853 (editions) user-added

5.0auroraleighs's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

303 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0auroraleighs's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective slow-paced