Tag: Literary Fiction
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My Friends by Hisham Matar
“Some books, like some people, are shy”
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Shattering, beautiful and essential
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Even better and more readable than I expected
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The Trees by Percival Everett
What if Mel Brooks and Jordan Peele wrote an Elmore Leonard novel? This is unbelievably good.
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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Loved this, even if it didn’t have the personal impact of Foster
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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Beautifully written, impossible to put down, with an ending full of shocking twists. Probably perfect. You should read it.
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
McCullers writes about misfits, loneliness and the need for human connection in a way that fully overwhelmed me.