Lydia Davis

127 books

The Life of Henry Brulard by Lydia Davis, John Sturrock, Stendhal

The Life of Henry Brulard

Lydia Davis, John Sturrock, Stendhal

544 pages • first pub 1834 (editions)

nonfiction classics reflective slow-paced
Looking at Pictures by Lydia Davis, Christopher Middleton, Christine Burgin, Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky

Looking at Pictures

Lydia Davis, Christopher Middleton, Christine Burgin, Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky

144 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction art essays reflective slow-paced
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

384 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Madness of the Day by Lydia Davis, Maurice Blanchot

The Madness of the Day

Lydia Davis, Maurice Blanchot

32 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction philosophy short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin

A Manual for Cleaning Women

Lucia Berlin

432 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Proust Project by Susan Minot, Lydia Davis, Colm Tóibín, Edmund White, André Aciman, Richard Howard

The Proust Project

Susan Minot, Lydia Davis, Colm Tóibín, Edmund White, André Aciman, Richard Howard

221 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective medium-paced
Proust, Blanchot and a Woman in Red by Lydia Davis

Proust, Blanchot and a Woman in Red

Cahier Series #5

Lydia Davis

48 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced
The Rendezvous by Justine Levy

The Rendezvous

Justine Levy

144 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary reflective medium-paced
6S, Volume 3 by Lydia Davis

6S, Volume 3

Lydia Davis

282 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced
Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories by Lydia Davis

Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories

Lydia Davis

201 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction poetry short stories reflective slow-paced