The Unread Shelf Project 2022 - hosted by theunreadshelf

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Snow and Shadow by Dorothy Tse

Snow and Shadow

Dorothy Tse

212 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction literary short stories dark medium-paced
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

430 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

The Forty Rules of Love

Penguin Essentials #120

Elif Shafak

368 pages • first pub 2009 (editions) user-added

fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

Trespasses

Louise Kennedy

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King

Back to the Garden

Laurie R. King

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Kleine Dinge wie diese by Claire Keegan

Kleine Dinge wie diese

Claire Keegan

112 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes

Pandora's Jar

Natalie Haynes

307 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro by Christine Féret-Fleury

The Girl Who Reads on the Métro

Christine Féret-Fleury

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary lighthearted slow-paced
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

310 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced