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29 books

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

169 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0julietteisreading's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

736 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0julietteisreading's review
fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy

351 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0julietteisreading's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

80 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

5.0julietteisreading's review
nonfiction classics essays poetry inspiring reflective fast-paced
Bilbo le Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Bilbo le Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

312 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0julietteisreading's review
fiction classics fantasy literary young adult adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

5.0julietteisreading's review
fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Buried Giant

Kazuo Ishiguro

336 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0julietteisreading's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced
Seraglio by Graham Swift
Seraglio
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Graham Swift

Seraglio

Graham Swift

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

5.0julietteisreading's review
fiction short stories
Le jeu des perles de verre: essai de biographie du Magister Ludi Joseph Valet accompagné de ses écrits posthumes by Hermann Hesse

Le jeu des perles de verre: essai de biographie du Magister Ludi Joseph Valet accompagné de ses écrits posthumes

Hermann Hesse

693 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

5.0julietteisreading's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

338 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0julietteisreading's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced