Dansite Reading Journal

Items tagged as Literary Fiction

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Book, read September 26, 2025
Tinkers (2009)
by Paul Harding
Literary Fiction Pulitzer Prize
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Book, added September 26, 2025
Gilead (2004)
by Marilynne Robinson
American Literature Literary Fiction Pulitzer Prize
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Collection, added September 21, 2025
The Things They Carried (1990)
by Tim O'Brien
American Literature Literary Fiction Memoir Pulitzer Prize Finalist Short Stories Vietnam War
Note September 21, 2025

I can't recall how Tinkers, by Paul Harding ended up in my reading list or why I skipped ahead of other books to read it but I'm glad I did. Possibly, it was the beautiful cover that hooked me.

What a hammer-drop of prose virtuosity. Completely arresting. Some books appeal because the subtle beauty of finely crafted sentences seeps in through your skin. The writing in this book is an injection into your carotid artery.

American Literature Literary Fiction Pulitzer Prize
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Book, read August 31, 2025
Train Dreams (2002)
by Denis Johnson
American Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
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Book, read August 20, 2025
A Pale View of Hills (1982)
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Literary Fiction
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Book, added August 20, 2025
The Dying Grass: A Novel of the Nez Perce War (2016)
by William T. Vollmann
American Literature Literary Fiction
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Book, read August 16, 2025
Regeneration (1991)
by Pat Barker
Literary Fiction World War I
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Book, read August 7, 2025
The Remains of the Day (1989)
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Literary Fiction Top Pick
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Book, read August 6, 2025
The Great Gatsby (1925)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
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Book, read July 31, 2025
One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez • translated by Gregory Rabassa
Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
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Collection, read July 18, 2025
Fictions (1962)
by Jorge Luis Borges • translated by Andrew Hurley
Literary Fiction Short Stories
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Book, read June 23, 2025
Moby Dick: or, The Whale (1851)
by Herman Melville
American Literature Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
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Book, read June 8, 2025
The Crying of Lot 49 (1965)
by Thomas Pynchon
American Literature Literary Fiction
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Book, read May 30, 2025
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Literature Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
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Book, read August 25, 2024
East of Eden (1952)
by John Steinbeck
American Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
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Book, read May 19, 2021
Klara and the Sun (2021)
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Literary Fiction Science Fiction
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