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251 books

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

321 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0jessieweaver's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Alex Harris, Brett Harris

Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

Alex Harris, Brett Harris

256 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jessieweaver's review
nonfiction inspiring slow-paced
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

389 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jessieweaver's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

5 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0jessieweaver's review
fiction classics horror literary mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
How to Be a Baby . . . by Me, the Big Sister by Sally Lloyd-Jones

How to Be a Baby . . . by Me, the Big Sister

Sally Lloyd-Jones

32 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction childrens funny lighthearted medium-paced
Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

Anne Lamott

272 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0jessieweaver's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

401 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0jessieweaver's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E.L. Konigsburg

176 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0jessieweaver's review
fiction classics middle grade mystery adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda

Roald Dahl

240 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0jessieweaver's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Chosen by Chaim Potok

The Chosen

Reuven Malter #1

Chaim Potok

304 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0jessieweaver's review
fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced