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34 books

Foster by Claire Keegan

Foster

Claire Keegan

88 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0veritystu's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen

528 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0veritystu's review
nonfiction memoir music emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Yōko Ogawa

180 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0veritystu's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

6 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0veritystu's review
fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Hunt for the Nightingale by Sarah Ann Juckes

The Hunt for the Nightingale

Sarah Ann Juckes

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0veritystu's review
fiction middle grade emotional reflective sad medium-paced
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller

Italo Calvino

260 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0veritystu's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging mysterious reflective 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

18 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0veritystu's review
nonfiction biography business health history true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The Crimson Petal and the White

Michel Faber

835 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0veritystu's review
fiction historical challenging dark reflective slow-paced
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

High Fidelity

Nick Hornby

245 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0veritystu's review
fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
You're History: The Twelve Strangest Women in Music by Lesley Chow

You're History: The Twelve Strangest Women in Music

Lesley Chow

143 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0veritystu's review
nonfiction biography essays music informative reflective slow-paced