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The Manicurist's Daughter by Susan Lieu

The Manicurist's Daughter

Susan Lieu

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Speedboat by Renata Adler

Speedboat

Renata Adler

192 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

366 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Maurice by E.M. Forster

Maurice

E.M. Forster

279 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Lives of the Saints: For Everyday of the Year by Alban Butler

Lives of the Saints: For Everyday of the Year

Alban Butler

464 pages • first pub 1750 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

Lydia Davis

733 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary short stories reflective medium-paced
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