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115 books

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

320 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0kirstiejayhawk's review
fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

The Casual Vacancy

J.K. Rowling

512 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0kirstiejayhawk's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
The House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe

The House of Sleep

Jonathan Coe

337 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0kirstiejayhawk's review
fiction contemporary dark slow-paced
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Goon Squad #1

Jennifer Egan

273 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0kirstiejayhawk's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Bel Canto

Ann Patchett

11 hours • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0kirstiejayhawk's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

572 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0kirstiejayhawk's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

653 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0kirstiejayhawk's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective slow-paced
The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It by Owen Jones

The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It

Owen Jones

358 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kirstiejayhawk's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes

May We Be Forgiven

A.M. Homes

480 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0kirstiejayhawk's review
fiction contemporary literary funny reflective medium-paced
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

319 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0kirstiejayhawk's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced