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Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
James Mustich
Marilynne Robinson writes slow novels. Her first, the highly acclaimed Housekeeping, was published in 1981; Gilead, her second, did not appear until nearly a quarter century later. But the slowness that characterizes her fiction is not of the calendar but on the page: It is so carefully composed, in...show more
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The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
I openly weep every time I read "The Giving Tree." Every time. This beautifully minimal book can be read on multiple levels. Might the tree represent a parent, a friend, or (as I read it) a Christlike figure that never stops offering love?
The Man Who Was Thursday
G. K. Chesterton
This book builds to a surprising and beautiful conclusion. I’m simply pleased to see anything by G.K. Chesterton in the list. Bravo!