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The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison

The Empathy Exams: Essays

Leslie Jamison

226 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
nonfiction essays memoir psychology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

Atul Gawande

288 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
nonfiction essays science informative reflective medium-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

317 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov

320 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction classics literary poetry challenging mysterious slow-paced
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

321 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez

120 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction classics literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

709 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

687 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

336 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction classics fantasy literary young adult adventurous lighthearted medium-paced