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14 books

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

258 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0richard_howlett's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

626 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0richard_howlett's review
fiction historical literary science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0richard_howlett's review
fiction literary challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan

Luckenbooth

Jenni Fagan

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0richard_howlett's review
fiction historical horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

274 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0richard_howlett's review
fiction crime literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0richard_howlett's review
fiction fantasy literary adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation

Southern Reach #1

Jeff VanderMeer

195 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0richard_howlett's review
fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Infinite Ground by Martin MacInnes

Infinite Ground

Martin MacInnes

261 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0richard_howlett's review
fiction fantasy mystery science fiction mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Fisherman by John Langan

The Fisherman

John Langan

282 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0richard_howlett's review
fiction fantasy horror dark emotional tense slow-paced
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone

Richard Lloyd Parry

276 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0richard_howlett's review
nonfiction history informative reflective sad slow-paced