Ronald Vlek

25 books

The Lost by Daniel Mendelsohn

The Lost

Daniel Mendelsohn

960 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective slow-paced
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes

The Man in the Red Coat

Julian Barnes

280 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history funny reflective slow-paced
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men

Cormac McCarthy

309 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark tense medium-paced
The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes

The Noise of Time

Julian Barnes

224 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction literary music challenging reflective slow-paced
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody

Not Without My Daughter

Not Without My Daughter #1

Betty Mahmoody

528 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional tense medium-paced
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything (Young Adult) by Bill Bryson

A Really Short History of Nearly Everything (Young Adult)

Bill Bryson

176 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history reference science funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes

150 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
Through the Window: Seventeen Essays and a Short Story by Julian Barnes

Through the Window: Seventeen Essays and a Short Story

Julian Barnes

272 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction essays short stories reflective medium-paced
Winter Journal by Paul Auster

Winter Journal

Paul Auster

240 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Levels of Life by Julian Barnes

Levels of Life

Julian Barnes

128 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography essays memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced