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17 books

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

224 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

fiction classics emotional sad slow-paced
The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki, Murasaki Shikibu

The Tale of Genji

源氏物語 #1-56

Lady Murasaki, Murasaki Shikibu

208 pages • first pub 1001 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

796 pages • first pub 1879 (editions)

fiction classics literary philosophy religion challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

The Interpretation of Dreams

Sigmund Freud

630 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy psychology informative reflective slow-paced
Oeroeg by Hella S. Haasse

Oeroeg

Hella S. Haasse

144 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck

Visitation

Jenny Erpenbeck

192 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

246 pages • first pub 1817 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Fear of Freedom by Erich Fromm

The Fear of Freedom

Erich Fromm

272 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexiévich
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
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Svetlana Alexiévich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Voices of Utopia #5

Svetlana Alexiévich

520 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
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