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In the Country of Others by Leïla Slimani

In the Country of Others

Le pays des autres #1

Leïla Slimani

240 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0vanessalakhdar's review
fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

338 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0vanessalakhdar's review
nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

277 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0vanessalakhdar's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Le Cosmos et le lotus:Confessions d'un astrophysicien by Trịnh Xuân Thuận

Le Cosmos et le lotus:Confessions d'un astrophysicien

Trịnh Xuân Thuận

276 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0vanessalakhdar's review
nonfiction philosophy science informative medium-paced
In the Name of Identity by Amin Maalouf

In the Name of Identity

Amin Maalouf

176 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0vanessalakhdar's review
nonfiction philosophy politics sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Silence of the Sea / Le Silence de la Mer: A Novel of French Resistance during the Second World War by 'Vercors by Vercors, Cyril Connelly, Lawrence D. Stokes, James Ward Brown

Silence of the Sea / Le Silence de la Mer: A Novel of French Resistance during the Second World War by 'Vercors

Vercors, Cyril Connelly, Lawrence D. Stokes, James Ward Brown

102 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0vanessalakhdar's review
fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
Les invités: vingt ans dans les prisons du roi by Raouf Oufkir

Les invités: vingt ans dans les prisons du roi

Raouf Oufkir

518 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0vanessalakhdar's review
nonfiction autobiography philosophy politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Mon père en doute encore by Saphia Azzeddine

Mon père en doute encore

Saphia Azzeddine

missing page info • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0vanessalakhdar's review
medium-paced
L'Arabe du futur : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient, 1978–1984 by Riad Sattouf

L'Arabe du futur : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient, 1978–1984

The Arab of the Future #1

Riad Sattouf

158 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0vanessalakhdar's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

192 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0vanessalakhdar's review
fiction classics fantasy literary adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced