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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

150 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0bookynooknook's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us by Joseph Andras

Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us

Joseph Andras

144 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0bookynooknook's review
fiction historical reflective medium-paced
The Return to Beirut by Andrée Chedid
The Return to Beirut
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Andrée Chedid

The Return to Beirut

Andrée Chedid

158 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0bookynooknook's review
fiction challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson

The Bird's Nest

Shirley Jackson

256 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0bookynooknook's review
fiction classics horror dark reflective slow-paced
Let Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson, Laurence Jackson Hyman

Let Me Tell You

Shirley Jackson, Laurence Jackson Hyman

448 pages • first pub 2015 (editions) user-added

5.0bookynooknook's review
fiction essays horror short stories dark funny lighthearted fast-paced
Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Downfall of Ordinary Germans, 1945 by Florian Huber

Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Downfall of Ordinary Germans, 1945

Florian Huber

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0bookynooknook's review
nonfiction history emotional sad slow-paced
Dolores by Jacqueline Susann

Dolores

Jacqueline Susann

175 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0bookynooknook's review
fiction historical romance reflective slow-paced
From Sleep Unbound by Andrée Chedid

From Sleep Unbound

Andrée Chedid

158 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0bookynooknook's review
fiction classics challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Sixth Day by Andrée Chedid

The Sixth Day

Andrée Chedid

176 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

5.0bookynooknook's review
emotional medium-paced
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

The Magician's Nephew

The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #1

C.S. Lewis

171 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0bookynooknook's review
fiction childrens classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced