Jan Pieter van der Sterre

37 books

The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng

The Garden of Evening Mists

Tan Twan Eng

352 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

226 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

The Good Lord Bird

James McBride

458 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous challenging medium-paced
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

The Heart's Invisible Furies

John Boyne

712 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Heart by Maylis de Kerangal

The Heart

Maylis de Kerangal

256 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
History of Violence by Édouard Louis

History of Violence

Édouard Louis

208 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction autobiography lgbtqia+ challenging dark emotional medium-paced
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne

A Ladder to the Sky

John Boyne

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark tense medium-paced
Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal

Letters to Camondo

Edmund de Waal

192 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history literary emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

The Man Who Died Twice

A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #2

Richard Osman

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction crime mystery adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Mark Rothko: Toward the Light in the Chapel by Annie Cohen-Solal

Mark Rothko: Toward the Light in the Chapel

Annie Cohen-Solal

296 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction art biography informative reflective medium-paced