Andrea Silvestri

27 books

The Normals by David Gilbert

The Normals

David Gilbert

384 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark reflective slow-paced
Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller

Notes on a Scandal

Zoë Heller

244 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Owning Jacob by Simon Beckett

Owning Jacob

Simon Beckett

288 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction crime thriller sad slow-paced
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam

A Passage North

Anuk Arudpragasam

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

Alex Ross

640 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction art history music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham

The Snow Queen

Michael Cunningham

258 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Telephone by Percival Everett

Telephone

Percival Everett

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev

This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality

Peter Pomerantsev

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Wizard of the Crow

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

768 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism funny reflective slow-paced
Woolgathering by Patti Smith

Woolgathering

Patti Smith

94 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced