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22 books

The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd

The Living Mountain

The Grampian Quartet #4

Nan Shepherd

159 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0thomaspfarmer's review
nonfiction nature travel adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced
The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis

The End of Eddy

Édouard Louis

192 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0thomaspfarmer's review
fiction lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

The Exorcist

The Exorcist #1

William Peter Blatty

403 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

5.0thomaspfarmer's review
fiction classics horror dark tense medium-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

601 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0thomaspfarmer's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

David Grann

339 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0thomaspfarmer's review
nonfiction history travel adventurous mysterious medium-paced
James Baldwin. Steve Schapiro. the Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

James Baldwin. Steve Schapiro. the Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

276 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0thomaspfarmer's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Silence by Shūsaku Endō

Silence

Shūsaku Endō

212 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0thomaspfarmer's review
fiction historical religion challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1216 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

5.0thomaspfarmer's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
We the Animals by Justin Torres

We the Animals

Justin Torres

128 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0thomaspfarmer's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

176 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0thomaspfarmer's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced