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33 books

Greek Lessons by Han Kang

Greek Lessons

Han Kang

177 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

littoral's explanation
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia by Simon Garfield

All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia

Simon Garfield

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

littoral's explanation
nonfiction history reference informative reflective medium-paced
A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness by Jai Chakrabarti

A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness

Jai Chakrabarti

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

littoral's explanation
fiction literary short stories adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People by Tracy Kidder

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People

Tracy Kidder

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Cost of Living: Essays by Emily Maloney

Cost of Living: Essays

Emily Maloney

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

littoral's explanation
nonfiction health memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Home: A Short History of an Idea by Witold Rybczynski

Home: A Short History of an Idea

Witold Rybczynski

272 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction design history informative slow-paced
Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church by Eliza Griswold

Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church

Eliza Griswold

345 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom by Johanna Hedva

How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

Johanna Hedva

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera

Signs Preceding the End of the World

Yuri Herrera

114 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

littoral's explanation
fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective fast-paced
Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English by Ben Yagoda

Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English

Ben Yagoda

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

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nonfiction history