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An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures by Clarice Lispector

An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

Clarice Lispector

149 pages • first pub 1969 (editions) user-added

5.0zoemcl's review
fiction literary romance emotional reflective slow-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

601 pages • first pub 1952 (editions) user-added

5.0zoemcl's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Girl by Jamaica Kincaid

Girl

Jamaica Kincaid

5 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0zoemcl's review
fiction classics feminism poetry short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

418 pages • first pub 1847 (editions)

5.0zoemcl's review
fiction classics literary romance dark emotional slow-paced
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

Young Mungo

Douglas Stuart

392 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0zoemcl's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

282 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0zoemcl's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

784 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0zoemcl's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

546 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0zoemcl's review
fiction fantasy historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

432 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0zoemcl's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

629 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0zoemcl's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced