Jan Pieter van der Sterre

38 books

Painting Time by Maylis de Kerangal

Painting Time

Maylis de Kerangal

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Plague by Albert Camus

The Plague

Albert Camus

308 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective slow-paced
The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis

The Pregnant Widow

Martin Amis

480 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Sea by John Banville

The Sea

John Banville

264 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker

The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

Steven Pinker

368 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The Thursday Murder Club

A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #1

Richard Osman

388 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne

A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom

John Boyne

448 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional slow-paced
The White Road: Journey Into an Obsession by Edmund de Waal

The White Road: Journey Into an Obsession

Edmund de Waal

416 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction art history memoir adventurous informative slow-paced
Who Killed My Father by Édouard Louis

Who Killed My Father

Édouard Louis

96 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
A Woman's Battles and Transformations by Édouard Louis

A Woman's Battles and Transformations

Édouard Louis

128 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism lgbtqia+ emotional reflective fast-paced