Manik Sarkar

29 books

The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud

The Meursault Investigation

Kamel Daoud

143 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical literary reflective medium-paced
My Friends by Hisham Matar

My Friends

Hisham Matar

464 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

179 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays race challenging reflective slow-paced
Parfums: A Catalogue of Remembered Smells by Philippe Claudel

Parfums: A Catalogue of Remembered Smells

Philippe Claudel

176 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky

Suite Francaise

Irène Némirovsky

431 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction classics historical sad slow-paced
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Patricia Claxton, Gil Courtemanche

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali

Patricia Claxton, Gil Courtemanche

272 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker

The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair

Marcus Goldman #1

Joël Dicker

643 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The World, the Lizard and Me by Gil Courtemanche

The World, the Lizard and Me

Gil Courtemanche

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Zabor, or the Psalms by Kamel Daoud

Zabor, or the Psalms

Kamel Daoud

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction magical realism reflective medium-paced
Anatomy of a Disappearance by Hisham Matar

Anatomy of a Disappearance

Hisham Matar

224 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced