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The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings #1

J.R.R. Tolkien

398 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

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fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World by Pádraig Ó Tuama

In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World

Pádraig Ó Tuama

261 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir poetry religion challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced
Bottomland by Michelle Hoover

Bottomland

Michelle Hoover

336 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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fiction historical mystery challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

150 pages • first pub 1956 (editions) user-added

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fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

448 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

601 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

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fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. by Jeff Tweedy

Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.

Jeff Tweedy

303 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction biography memoir music informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami

179 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir inspiring reflective medium-paced
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Bois Sauvage #3

Jesmyn Ward

285 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

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fiction literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
This Strange and Sacred Scripture: Wrestling with the Old Testament and Its Oddities by Matthew Richard Schlimm

This Strange and Sacred Scripture: Wrestling with the Old Testament and Its Oddities

Matthew Richard Schlimm

270 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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nonfiction religion informative slow-paced