Telma Costa

24 books

Despair by Vladimir Nabokov

Despair

Vladimir Nabokov

176 pages • paperback • 1934

fiction classics romance dark funny reflective slow-paced
Figures in a Landscape: People and Places by Paul Theroux

Figures in a Landscape: People and Places

Paul Theroux

416 pages • 2018

nonfiction biography essays travel reflective slow-paced
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

The Flamethrowers

Rachel Kushner

383 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction historical literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Good Soldier : A Tale of Passion by Ford Madox Ford

The Good Soldier : A Tale of Passion

Ford Madox Ford

352 pages • 1915

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Heavy Water and Other Stories by Martin Amis

Heavy Water and Other Stories

Martin Amis

208 pages • 1998

fiction contemporary short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It by Marc Bloch

The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It

Marc Bloch

197 pages • paperback • 1949

nonfiction history philosophy informative slow-paced
A History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel

A History of Civilizations

Fernand Braudel

640 pages • 1963

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million by Martin Amis

Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million

Martin Amis

306 pages • 2002

nonfiction biography history dark informative reflective slow-paced
Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov

Laughter in the Dark

Vladimir Nabokov

292 pages • paperback • 1932

fiction classics literary dark medium-paced
On the Natural History of Destruction by W.G. Sebald

On the Natural History of Destruction

W.G. Sebald

205 pages • 1999

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective slow-paced