Lydia Davis

132 books

Letters to His Neighbor by Marcel Proust

Letters to His Neighbor

Marcel Proust

112 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction biography memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
The Life of Henry Brulard by Lydia Davis, John Sturrock, Stendhal

The Life of Henry Brulard

Lydia Davis, John Sturrock, Stendhal

544 pages • 1834

nonfiction classics reflective slow-paced
Looking at Pictures by Lydia Davis, Christopher Middleton, Christine Burgin, Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky

Looking at Pictures

Lydia Davis, Christopher Middleton, Christine Burgin, Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky

144 pages • 1981

nonfiction art essays reflective slow-paced
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

335 pages • hardcover • 1857

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Madness of the Day by Lydia Davis, Maurice Blanchot

The Madness of the Day

Lydia Davis, Maurice Blanchot

32 pages • 1973

fiction philosophy short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin

A Manual for Cleaning Women

Lucia Berlin

432 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Our Strangers by Lydia Davis

Our Strangers

Lydia Davis

368 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction literary short stories dark emotional funny medium-paced
The Proust Project by Susan Minot, Lydia Davis, Colm Tóibín, Edmund White, André Aciman, Richard Howard

The Proust Project

Susan Minot, Lydia Davis, Colm Tóibín, Edmund White, André Aciman, Richard Howard

221 pages • 2004

nonfiction essays reflective medium-paced
Proust, Blanchot and a Woman in Red by Lydia Davis

Proust, Blanchot and a Woman in Red

Cahier Series #5

Lydia Davis

48 pages • 2012

nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced
The Rendezvous by Justine Levy

The Rendezvous

Justine Levy

144 pages • paperback

fiction literary reflective medium-paced