Heavy books

[Anonymous]

Currently reading Soldiers and Kings: Hope and Survival in the World of Human Smuggling and wrapping up Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives. I loved books like A Little Life and Wave.

What books do you like in this vein?

[Anonymous]

I thought your title meant the physical book weighed a lot. I was going to suggest a Kindle!

[Anonymous]

Wave was gut wrenching. I still think of that book.

Another one that comes to mind is Did You Ever Have A Family.

[Anonymous]

The Burning. I was compelled to turn the pages. But I hated it. This is in contrast to A Little Life which ripped my heart out but I also didn't want it to end.

If you try The Burning, I'd be curious what you think. I haven't seen any discussion on the book.

[Anonymous]

Memoirs: The Glass Castle, Angela's Ashes
Fiction: The Kite Runner, Maus

[Anonymous]

None, I would avoid all books "in that vein" because I am a lightweight and I just can't handle it.

[Anonymous]

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Burning. I was compelled to turn the pages. But I hated it. This is in contrast to A Little Life which ripped my heart out but I also didn't want it to end.

If you try The Burning, I'd be curious what you think. I haven't seen any discussion on the book.

What author for The Burning? I see a few different books with that title.

[Anonymous]

Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None, I would avoid all books "in that vein" because I am a lightweight and I just can't handle it.

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[Anonymous]

The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois
The Yellow Wife
Homegoing

[Anonymous]

Heavy fiction?

Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto (writer of True Detective)

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the recs. Of those suggested so far I have already read Have already read The Glass Castle, Homegoing and Kite Runner

Have on my shelf but haven't read yet:
The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois
Angela's Ashes
Maus

Going to look into:
Did You Ever Have a Family
The Yellow Wife
The Burning
Man's Search for Meaning
Prophet Song
Galveston

Keep the recs coming!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the recs. Of those suggested so far I have already read Have already read The Glass Castle, Homegoing and Kite Runner

Have on my shelf but haven't read yet:
The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois
Angela's Ashes
Maus

Going to look into:
Did You Ever Have a Family
The Yellow Wife
The Burning
Man's Search for Meaning
Prophet Song
Galveston

Keep the recs coming!

Just to warn you, I recommended Galveston. It is very violent and dark. And I would skip Angela's Ashes it is relentlessly miserable and overly long.

[Anonymous]

The Fault in Our Stars....You may have already read it. But it is such a tear jerker!