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The Victorian and the Romantic: A Memoir, a Love Story, and a Friendship Across Time by Nell Stevens

The Victorian and the Romantic: A Memoir, a Love Story, and a Friendship Across Time

Nell Stevens

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0literarilysmitten's review
nonfiction biography contemporary memoir reflective relaxing medium-paced
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0literarilysmitten's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0literarilysmitten's review
fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

The Heart Principle

The Kiss Quotient #3

Helen Hoang

339 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0literarilysmitten's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0literarilysmitten's review
fiction historical literary emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese

Only When It's Us

Bergman Brothers #1

Chloe Liese

361 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0literarilysmitten's review
fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively

Moon Tiger

Penelope Lively

208 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0literarilysmitten's review
fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Regeneration by Pat Barker

Regeneration

Regeneration #1

Pat Barker

251 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0literarilysmitten's review
fiction historical emotional informative slow-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)

5.0literarilysmitten's review
nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Street by Ann Petry

The Street

Ann Petry

436 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0literarilysmitten's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced