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24 books

Naikan: Gratitude, Grace, and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection by Gregg Krech

Naikan: Gratitude, Grace, and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection

Gregg Krech

215 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0emm_etc's review
nonfiction philosophy psychology informative reflective slow-paced
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0emm_etc's review
nonfiction essays nature hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0emm_etc's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective medium-paced
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

Brené Brown

326 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0emm_etc's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective medium-paced
The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words by Tom Mole

The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words

Tom Mole

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0emm_etc's review
nonfiction history challenging lighthearted reflective slow-paced
The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping by Samantha Harvey

The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping

Samantha Harvey

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0emm_etc's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot

Four Quartets

T.S. Eliot

70 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

5.0emm_etc's review
nonfiction nature poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot

The Waste Land

T.S. Eliot

320 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

5.0emm_etc's review
fiction classics poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle

Wolf in White Van

John Darnielle

211 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0emm_etc's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

Our Wives Under The Sea

Julia Armfield

232 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0emm_etc's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary science fiction dark emotional mysterious slow-paced