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Poems by Elizabeth Bishop

Poems

Elizabeth Bishop

352 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction poetry reflective slow-paced
Thin Skin: Essays by Jenn Shapland

Thin Skin: Essays

Jenn Shapland

270 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Stinky Cheese Man: And Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka

The Stinky Cheese Man: And Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Jon Scieszka

56 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction childrens adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced
The Tatami Time Machine Blues by Tomihiko Morimi

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

Tomihiko Morimi

182 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0scarylions's review
fiction contemporary
Another Country by James Baldwin

Another Country

James Baldwin

436 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective 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)

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation

Southern Reach #1

Jeff VanderMeer

195 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer

Seven Surrenders

Terra Ignota #2

Ada Palmer

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Little, Big by John Crowley

Little, Big

John Crowley

538 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection Through Embodied Living by Hillary L. McBride

The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection Through Embodied Living

Hillary L. McBride

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced