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43 books

Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet

Our Lady of the Flowers

Jean Genet

320 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

5.0mateaaah's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ challenging slow-paced
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard

The Poetics of Space

Gaston Bachelard

308 pages • first pub 1957 (editions) user-added

5.0mateaaah's review
nonfiction art philosophy informative reflective relaxing medium-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

535 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mateaaah's review
nonfiction biography business health history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

Inherent Vice

Thomas Pynchon

369 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0mateaaah's review
fiction crime historical mystery mysterious medium-paced
Against Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan Sontag

Against Interpretation and Other Essays

Susan Sontag

336 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0mateaaah's review
nonfiction art essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0mateaaah's review
fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser

The Passion According to G.H.

Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser

220 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

5.0mateaaah's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures by Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser, Sheila Heti

An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser, Sheila Heti

176 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0mateaaah's review
fiction literary romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

288 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0mateaaah's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

The Long Goodbye

Philip Marlowe #6

Raymond Chandler

384 pages • first pub 1953 (editions) user-added

5.0mateaaah's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced