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Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh

402 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0amurray's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0amurray's review
fiction historical literary emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino

Parakeet

Marie-Helene Bertino

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0amurray's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Rouge by Mona Awad

Rouge

Mona Awad

372 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0amurray's review
fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

The Paper Palace

Miranda Cowley Heller

389 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0amurray's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0amurray's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

The Queen's Gambit

Walter Tevis

256 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0amurray's review
fiction literary emotional inspiring tense medium-paced
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

339 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0amurray's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Coco Mellors

370 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0amurray's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0amurray's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced