alembic rated The Story of a New Name: 5 stars
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
In 2012, Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend introduced readers to the unforgettable Elena and Lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the …
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alembic rated Murder on the Links: 2 stars
Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is summoned to France after receiving a distressing letter with a urgent cry for help. Upon …
alembic rated What Belongs to You: 4 stars
What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
"A haunting novel of erotic obsession by a major new talent On an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American teacher …
alembic rated Song of Solomon: 5 stars
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon is a 1977 novel by American author Toni Morrison, her third to be published. It follows the …
alembic rated The vertigo years: 5 stars
The vertigo years by Philipp Blom
The twentieth century was born not in the trenches of the Somme, but rather in the fifteen years preceding World …
Real life by Brandon Taylor
A novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town, from an electric new voice. …
alembic rated The Price of Salt: 5 stars
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
THE PRICE OF SALT is the famous lesbian love story by Patricia Highsmith, written under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. The …
alembic rated Guns of August: 4 stars
alembic rated 1817 Persuasion by Jane Austen: 2 stars
Jane Austen: 1817 Persuasion by Jane Austen (2021, Independently Published)
1817 Persuasion by Jane Austen by Jane Austen
Persuasion tells the love story of Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth, whose sister rents Miss Elliot's father's house, after …
alembic rated Meditations: 3 stars
Meditations by Marco Aurelio
Meditations (Medieval Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, romanized: Ta eis he'auton, lit. 'things to one's self') is a series of personal …
Stoner by John Williams (NYRB Classics)
William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the …
alembic rated Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most: 5 stars
alembic rated The song of the lark: 4 stars
The song of the lark by Willa Cather
Determined to leave behind the dull values of her small hometown, an opera singer devotes increasing amounts of energy to …
alembic rated The Namesake: 4 stars
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Namesake (2003) is the debut novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally published in The New Yorker …