11 reviews 8 YES · 3 DEPENDS Who this is

• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Blindness José Saramago · 1995 But even when I was impatient with the explanations, I kept reading because the doctor's wife made the consequences impossible to ignore. The Work of Seeing YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver · 2022 That is a reasonable amount of power for a novel to have. Who Is Doing the Work? YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Now Is Not the Time to Panic Kevin Wilson · 2022 I understand the intention here, and mostly the execution worked for me. A Poster, a Panic, and the Work of Staying Alive YES
• CLASSICS Roundtable Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 1813 It asks whether they can become more accurate about themselves and more responsible toward other people. The Marriage Plot Is Also an Audit of Who Does the Work YES
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  LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Queen Birgitta Trotzig · 1985 It is also the only answer that has any chance of being human. The Work of Hardening YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon · 2000 I liked it very much, although not evenly. Who Does the Escaping? YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese · 2023 This is a book for readers who can accept a family saga that wants to be history, medical novel, religious argument, romance, political story, and catalogue of Kerala at once. A Family History Written in Water DEPENDS
• HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco · 1980 It is also genuinely funny, genuinely suspenseful, and more humane than its grim subject might suggest. The Library Is Not a Neutral Place YES
• HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable The Nightingale Kristin Hannah · 2015 I would recommend The Nightingale to readers who want a sweeping historical novel centered on women’s choices during occupation, especially readers willing to accept direct emotional language and a generous amount of suffering. The women do the work, and the novel keeps explaining it DEPENDS
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Theo of Golden Allen Levi · 2023 It will appeal to readers who want their fiction to affirm that people can change through love and that small acts matter. A Good Man, and a Very Determined Book DEPENDS
• POETRY Roundtable Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein · 1974 I would recommend it for children, parents, and teachers, with the usual practical request that adults stop explaining every poem before the child has had time to laugh. The Child Still Has to Read It YES

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