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When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

323 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Wink of the Zenith: The Shaping of a Writer's Life by Floyd Skloot

The Wink of the Zenith: The Shaping of a Writer's Life

Floyd Skloot

231 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction autobiography biography memoir
The Collected Stories by Amy Hempel

The Collected Stories

Amy Hempel

409 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill

Bad Behavior

Mary Gaitskill

203 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

180 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction classics literary reflective medium-paced
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge #1

Elizabeth Strout

374 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
My Sky Blue Trades: Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time by Sven Birkerts

My Sky Blue Trades: Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time

Sven Birkerts

288 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

653 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective slow-paced
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

529 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

The Robber Bride

Margaret Atwood

564 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction contemporary literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced