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Literary Criticism That Makes You Want to Read the Book
Literary Criticism That Makes You Want to Read the Book
by book_guy  • 
In common: Reading Lolita in Tehran
A good critic can send you back to a book with something new to notice. Start with George Saunders if you want the whole story in front of you, John Mullan if you’ve already read Austen and...
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Books That Challenge Easy Judgements About Other People
Books That Challenge Easy Judgements About Other People
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Complete Persepolis
A useful change of mind often begins with a judgement that stops feeling adequate. These novels and memoirs make room for conflicting loyalties, incomplete knowledge and lives that resist a...
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Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Complete Persepolis
Treat this as a set of doors into different kinds of reading. Familiar novels sit beside translated fiction, memoir, poetry, science and stories told in pictures, chosen for a memorable voice, an...
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Enemies-to-Lovers Romance Books Where the Grudge Makes Sense
Enemies-to-Lovers Romance Books Where the Grudge Makes Sense
by book_guy  • 
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An insult at a dance can spoil a first impression. A promotion only one person can get can turn a colleague into an adversary. The couples in these enemies-to-lovers romance books have something...
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Books About Jane Austen & the World She Wrote About
Books About Jane Austen & the World She Wrote About
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Start with a biography for the shape of Jane Austen’s life or open her letters for the voice of a woman writing to people she knew well. These books about Jane Austen also explain the details her...
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Brazilian Books in English Translation Across Places & Genres
Brazilian Books in English Translation Across Places & Genres
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Start with a hollow saint’s head in a small northeastern town, a farm in rural Bahia, or the early days of Brasília, where people remember the city’s founding differently. These Brazilian novels...
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An Introduction to Shia Islam Through Books
An Introduction to Shia Islam Through Books
by book_guy  • 
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New to Shia Islam? Start with Mohammad Ali Shomali's short guide to Twelver beliefs and daily worship. From there, follow the question that brought you here. Read Tabataba'i for theology, Jafri...
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Arabic Novels in English Translation, From Family Sagas to Fantasy
Arabic Novels in English Translation, From Family Sagas to Fantasy
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Start with three sisters making different choices about marriage in an Omani village, then try a Casablanca detective novel or follow a turbulent flight into London’s Arab neighborhoods. Each book...
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Books for People Who Love Complicated Families
Books for People Who Love Complicated Families
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A good family novel gives everyone reasons, even when those reasons cannot be reconciled. These books follow siblings, parents, children and people made kin by care, with particular attention to...
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Books About War That Focus on Civilian Lives
Books About War That Focus on Civilian Lives
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A siege can turn collecting water into the day’s most dangerous job. Occupation can change what it means to share a room, keep a diary, or care for a stranger. These novels, diaries, memoirs...
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Novels That Make Place Feel Like a Living Presence
Novels That Make Place Feel Like a Living Presence
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A street can divide neighbours, a river can carry a family history, and a new route can change what a landscape is for. These 30 novels give place that kind of consequence. Their settings shape...
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Books That Make Ordinary Life Feel Worth Paying Attention To
Books That Make Ordinary Life Feel Worth Paying Attention To
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A packed bag, a working lunch, a meal prepared for someone else: these books make familiar actions worth looking at again. Their interest comes from precise observation of objects, work...
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Bangladeshi Fiction About Home, History and Everyday Life
Bangladeshi Fiction About Home, History and Everyday Life
by book_guy  • 
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A girl paints patterns in a Bangladeshi village, a Dhaka mansion hides a family secret, and a school project in Ireland makes two girls argue over who gets to sell henna. These novels and stories...
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