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The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Yōko Ogawa

180 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0mattbutreads's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum by Ralph Frammolino, Jason Felch

Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum

Ralph Frammolino, Jason Felch

375 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0mattbutreads's review
nonfiction art history challenging informative fast-paced
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

179 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0mattbutreads's review
fiction classics science fiction dark funny reflective fast-paced
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

Sam Quinones

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0mattbutreads's review
nonfiction history politics true crime challenging informative slow-paced
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut

When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamín Labatut

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mattbutreads's review
fiction historical literary short stories challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy

Stella Maris

The Passenger #2

Cormac McCarthy

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mattbutreads's review
fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami

A Wild Sheep Chase

The Rat #3

Haruki Murakami

353 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0mattbutreads's review
fiction crime literary magical realism mystery adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy

The Passenger

The Passenger #1

Cormac McCarthy

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mattbutreads's review
fiction literary challenging dark medium-paced
The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall

The Power of Geography

Politics of Place #4

Tim Marshall

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mattbutreads's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
The Mayor of MacDougal Street by Elijah Wald, Dave Van Ronk

The Mayor of MacDougal Street

Elijah Wald, Dave Van Ronk

272 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0mattbutreads's review
nonfiction biography memoir music reflective slow-paced