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The White Book by Han Kang

The White Book

Han Kang

160 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0le_lobey's review
fiction contemporary poetry dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Passion According to G. H. by Clarice Lispector

The Passion According to G. H.

Clarice Lispector

193 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

5.0le_lobey's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith

Life on Mars

Tracy K. Smith

75 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0le_lobey's review
poetry science fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Maggie Nelson

99 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0le_lobey's review
nonfiction essays memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy

337 pages • first pub 1985 (editions) user-added

5.0le_lobey's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux

I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche

Sue Prideaux

464 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0le_lobey's review
nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

Roadside Picnic

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

209 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0le_lobey's review
fiction classics science fiction speculative fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

307 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0le_lobey's review
fiction dystopian literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

303 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0le_lobey's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
Mortal Beauty, God's Grace: Major Poems and Spiritual Writings of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Mortal Beauty, God's Grace: Major Poems and Spiritual Writings of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0le_lobey's review
nonfiction poetry religion challenging reflective medium-paced