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Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz

Midaq Alley

Naguib Mahfouz

304 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction classics literary reflective fast-paced
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf

114 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction classics essays feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

237 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction biography history reference informative slow-paced
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir by Nick Flynn

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir

Nick Flynn

357 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

The Passion

Jeanette Winterson

160 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies #1

Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

319 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark funny medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

218 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

Holidays on Ice

David Sedaris

176 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
fiction short stories funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0jenknox's review
nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced