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34 books

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

131 pages • first pub 1925 (editions) user-added

5.0hligas's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

107 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0hligas's review
fiction classics play dark emotional tense fast-paced
Surrender the Pink by Carrie Fisher

Surrender the Pink

Carrie Fisher

288 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0hligas's review
fiction romance emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Like Water for Chocolate

Como agua para chocolate #1

Laura Esquivel

245 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0hligas's review
fiction historical magical realism romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

The Bonesetter's Daughter

Amy Tan

400 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0hligas's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher

Postcards from the Edge

Suzanne Vale #1

Carrie Fisher

226 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0hligas's review
fiction contemporary emotional funny sad fast-paced
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

343 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0hligas's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

Jane Steele

Lyndsay Faye

432 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0hligas's review
fiction historical mystery romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0hligas's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and Everywhere in Between) by Mei-Ling Hopgood

How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and Everywhere in Between)

Mei-Ling Hopgood

304 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0hligas's review
nonfiction memoir travel informative reflective slow-paced