Books Recommended by Jack Edwards
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Novel
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Source: "Everyone I know who has read [this book], whether they've been reading for years or just started, adored it." - Jack Edwards
2 recommendersAnd Then the End Will Come!
(But Five Things You Need to Know in the Meantime)
Brandon Andress
Source: "About the end times, but then it flips the idea on its head and encourages people to live in the moment." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderA Single Man
A Novel
Christopher Isherwood
Source: "Chronicles a 24 hour period in the life of a man who has recently lost his husband." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderSiddhartha
Hermann Hesse
Source: "About a man who is searching for his faith but finds everything he needs within himself." - Jack Edwards
Misery
A Novel
Stephen King
Source: "About a famous writer whose number one fan kidnaps him and holds him hostage." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderSlaughterhouse-Five
A Novel
Kurt Vonnegut
Source: "About [the author's] own experience of being a prisoner of war in Dresden." - Jack Edwards
3 recommendersOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
A Novel
Ocean Vuong
Source: "I think that people who love Taylor Swift's writing would really love the writing of [this author]." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderThe Unreal and the Real
Selected Short Stories
Ursula K. Le Guin
Source: "'The Ones Who Walk Away from Ominous' really inspired the 'Spring Day' music video." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderA Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
Source: "Probably the saddest piece of literature I have ever encountered." - Jack Edwards
4 recommendersWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Stories
Raymond Carver
Source: "The stories are very concise and self-contained, but they get you hooked." - Jack Edwards
2 recommendersThe Memory Police
A Novel
Yoko Ogawa
Source: "Centers on a group of people who decide to rebel against the system." - Jack Edwards
2 recommendersConvenience Store Woman
A Novel
Sayaka Murata
Source: "All about the intersection between feminism and criticism of capitalism." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderChanges
A Love Story
Ama Ata Aidoo
Source: "About leaving a marriage and negotiating a new, single life." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderThe Hungry Tide
A Novel
Amitav Ghosh
Source: "All about the symbiotic relationship between fishermen and the water." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderThe Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford
Source: "There's death, and adultery, and lying. What more could you want?" - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderCall Me by Your Name
A Novel
André Aciman
Source: "Will fill [you] with love and then break [your] heart into tiny pieces." - Jack Edwards
3 recommendersKim Jiyoung
Born 1982
Cho Nam-joo
Source: "All about the female experience of living in South Korea." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
And Other Misfortunes
Eric LaRocca
Source: "I read this all in one sitting because I was just so hooked." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderLove in Color
Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
Bolu Babalola
Source: "A selection of mythological retellings in a modern context." - Jack Edwards
1 recommenderGirl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo
Source: "Would make your feminism so much more intersectional." - Jack Edwards
2 recommenders
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