Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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It’s normal to go through phases as a reader, and sometimes it’s difficult to read or difficult to get enjoyment out of reading: here are 10 thoughts and 10 book recommendations to get out of a reading slump

books:
1. Possession by A. S. Byatt (1990)
2. My Death by Lisa Tuttle (2004)
3. The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante (trans. Ann Goldstein) (2002)
4. The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg (trans. Frances Frenaye) (1947)
5. Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid (1990)
6. Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (trans. Elisabeth Jaquette) (2017)
7. Autumn by Ali Smith (2016)
8. Abigail by Magda Szabó (trans. Len Rix) (1970)
9. The Latinist by Mark Prins (2022)
10. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones) (2009)

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