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The Plains by Gerald Murnane

The Plains

Gerald Murnane

224 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0wrengaia's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Swan Book by Alexis Wright

The Swan Book

Alexis Wright

340 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0wrengaia's review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced
King Lear by William Shakespeare

King Lear

William Shakespeare

279 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

5.0wrengaia's review
fiction classics play challenging dark sad medium-paced
Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane

Landmarks

Landscapes #4

Robert Macfarlane

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0wrengaia's review
nonfiction essays history nature emotional reflective slow-paced
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd

The Living Mountain

The Grampian Quartet #4

Nan Shepherd

159 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0wrengaia's review
nonfiction nature travel adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

451 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0wrengaia's review
nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Outline by Rachel Cusk

Outline

Outline #1

Rachel Cusk

249 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0wrengaia's review
fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
The Space of Literature: A Translation of "L'espace Litteraire" by Maurice Blanchot

The Space of Literature: A Translation of "L'espace Litteraire"

Maurice Blanchot

279 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0wrengaia's review
nonfiction classics literary
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

505 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0wrengaia's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Fire Island: Love, Loss and Liberation in an American Paradise by Jack Parlett

Fire Island: Love, Loss and Liberation in an American Paradise

Jack Parlett

269 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0wrengaia's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective medium-paced