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42 books

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

136 pages • first pub 1864 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction classics philosophy challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino

Six Memos for the Next Millennium

Italo Calvino

164 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays by Elisa Gabbert

Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays

Elisa Gabbert

230 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
nonfiction essays informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino

If on a winter's night a traveler

Italo Calvino

260 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly

Something Wild & Wonderful

Nashville Love #2

Anita Kelly

385 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
My Work by Olga Ravn

My Work

Olga Ravn

416 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Wolfsong by TJ Klune

Wolfsong

Green Creek #1

TJ Klune

511 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

Where Reasons End

Yiyun Li

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Blackouts by Justin Torres

Blackouts

Justin Torres

305 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein

Study for Obedience

Sarah Bernstein

196 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction literary challenging dark mysterious slow-paced