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The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968 by Andrew Sarris

The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968

Andrew Sarris

392 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

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nonfiction reflective slow-paced
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction

J.D. Salinger

256 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

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fiction classics short stories emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger

Nine Stories

J.D. Salinger

320 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

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fiction classics literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

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nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Acting in the Cinema by James Naremore

Acting in the Cinema

James Naremore

316 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

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nonfiction challenging informative slow-paced
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes

In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes

256 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

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fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb

The Night of the Hunter

Davis Grubb

200 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

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fiction classics horror thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

277 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

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fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons

Jonathan Rosenbaum

445 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

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nonfiction essays informative slow-paced
Icons of Grief: Val Lewton's Home Front Pictures by Alexander Nemerov

Icons of Grief: Val Lewton's Home Front Pictures

Alexander Nemerov

213 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

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emotional reflective slow-paced