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20 books

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays

Zadie Smith

320 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Trial

Franz Kafka

216 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño

The Savage Detectives

Roberto Bolaño

577 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature by Margaret Atwood

Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature

Margaret Atwood

288 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction essays dark reflective slow-paced
Men in the Off Hours by Anne Carson

Men in the Off Hours

Anne Carson

176 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction essays poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
Watchmen by Alan Moore

Watchmen

Watchmen #1-12

Alan Moore

416 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics comics dystopian speculative fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Complete Henry Bech by John Updike

The Complete Henry Bech

Bech

John Updike

544 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective sad fast-paced
Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent by Thomas Glave

Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent

Thomas Glave

264 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner

The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers

John Gardner

240 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction reference challenging informative reflective slow-paced
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories by William H. Gass

In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories

William H. Gass

240 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced