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45 books

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

247 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0karenluvstoread's review
fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

When We Were Orphans

Kazuo Ishiguro

352 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0karenluvstoread's review
fiction historical literary emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
Trust by Hernán Díaz

Trust

Hernán Díaz

402 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0karenluvstoread's review
fiction historical literary challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Women

Kristin Hannah

471 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0karenluvstoread's review
fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins

The Frozen Deep

Wilkie Collins

106 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)

5.0karenluvstoread's review
fiction classics historical mystery adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0karenluvstoread's review
fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0karenluvstoread's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Far from the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy

14 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 1874 (editions)

5.0karenluvstoread's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective slow-paced
Illegal by Andrew Donkin, Eoin Colfer

Illegal

Andrew Donkin, Eoin Colfer

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0karenluvstoread's review
fiction graphic novel middle grade emotional sad fast-paced
The Original Bambi: The Story of a Life in the Forest by Felix Salten

The Original Bambi: The Story of a Life in the Forest

Felix Salten

5 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0karenluvstoread's review
fiction childrens classics nature emotional reflective sad medium-paced