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277 books

This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff

This Boy's Life

Tobias Wolff

304 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Rabbit at Rest by John Updike

Rabbit at Rest

Rabbit Angstrom #4

John Updike

608 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
The Art of Time in Memoir: Then, Again by Sven Birkerts

The Art of Time in Memoir: Then, Again

Sven Birkerts

120 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

William Styron

84 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction biography memoir psychology challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Ishmael

Ishmael #1

Daniel Quinn

272 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction classics philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilych

Leo Tolstoy

88 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
White Teeth by Zadie Smith

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

448 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction contemporary literary funny reflective slow-paced
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

Andrew Solomon

576 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction memoir psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

11 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 1955 (editions) user-added

5.0jenknox's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
Veronica by Mary Gaitskill

Veronica

Mary Gaitskill

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced