Kari Risvik

70 books

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer

The Invisible Bridge

Julie Orringer

762 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

Island Beneath the Sea

Isabel Allende

457 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism challenging emotional sad slow-paced
The Jade Cat by Suzanne Brøgger

The Jade Cat

Suzanne Brøgger

394 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical emotional slow-paced
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende

The Japanese Lover

Isabel Allende

322 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary romance emotional slow-paced
Letters to a Young Novelist by Mario Vargas Llosa

Letters to a Young Novelist

Mario Vargas Llosa

144 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

The Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst

438 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel García Márquez

Living to Tell the Tale

Gabriel García Márquez

496 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir reflective slow-paced
The Lost by Daniel Mendelsohn

The Lost

Daniel Mendelsohn

960 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective slow-paced
Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

Gabriel García Márquez

115 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

647 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced