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A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud

A Season in Hell

Arthur Rimbaud

87 pages • first pub 1873 (editions)

5.0droo's review
nonfiction classics poetry dark reflective slow-paced
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

169 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0droo's review
nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Spring and All by William Carlos Williams

Spring and All

William Carlos Williams

96 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)

5.0droo's review
nonfiction classics poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
Paradise Lost by John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton

453 pages • first pub 1667 (editions)

5.0droo's review
fiction classics philosophy poetry challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika by Nagarjuna

The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika

Nagarjuna

400 pages • first pub 200 (editions)

5.0droo's review
nonfiction philosophy religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

89 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0droo's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

421 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0droo's review
fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities

Chen Chen

86 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0droo's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenin

Leo Tolstoy

853 pages • first pub 1877 (editions) user-added

5.0droo's review
fiction classics literary romance challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Bright Dead Things: Poems by Ada Limón

Bright Dead Things: Poems

Ada Limón

105 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0droo's review
nonfiction poetry emotional reflective sad slow-paced