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This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff

This Boy's Life

Tobias Wolff

304 pages • 1989 • 11 editions

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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Rabbit at Rest by John Updike

Rabbit Angstrom #4

Rabbit at Rest

John Updike

608 pages • 1990 • 14 editions

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
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The Art of Time in Memoir: Then, Again by Sven Birkerts

The Art of Time in Memoir: Then, Again

Sven Birkerts

120 pages • 2007 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

William Styron

84 pages • 1990 • 37 editions

nonfiction biography memoir psychology challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Ishmael #1

Ishmael

Daniel Quinn

272 pages • 1992 • 24 editions

fiction classics philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
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The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilych

Leo Tolstoy

88 pages • 1886 • 307 editions

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
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White Teeth by Zadie Smith

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

448 pages • 2000 • 108 editions

fiction contemporary literary funny reflective slow-paced
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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

Andrew Solomon

576 pages • 2000 • 47 editions

nonfiction memoir psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

11h 28m • 1955 • 361 editions

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fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
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Veronica by Mary Gaitskill

Veronica

Mary Gaitskill

227 pages • 2005 • 13 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
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