Eclectic diversions that have made me happy.

Discover a curated list of eclectic diversions and books that bring joy and happiness. Explore unique finds and inspiring reads for a happier life.

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

 

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Tender Is the Night

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

An idealist confronted by a doomed marriage.
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Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham

A masterpiece of modern literature that mirrors Maugham’s own career. Of Human Bondage is the first and most autobiographical of Maugham's novels. It is the …
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The Third Man

by Graham Greene

Rollo Martins' usual line is the writing of cheap paperback Westerns under the name of Buck Dexter. But when his old friend Harry Lime invites …
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Equus

by Peter Shaffer

Story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological fascination with horses
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Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a …
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Franny and Zooey

 

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The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus

by Cornell Woolrich

Including the complete novels "I Married a Dead Man" and "Waltz into Darkness" plus "Rear Window" and four other short stories, "The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus" …
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In God We Trust

by Jean Shepherd

A collection of humorous and nostalgic Americana stories—the beloved, bestselling classics that inspired the movie A Christmas Story Before Garrison Keillor and Spalding Gray there …
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Life After God

by Douglas Coupland

We are the first generation raised without God. We are creatures with strong religious impulses, yet they have nowhere to flow in this world of …
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Wilderness Tips

by Margaret Atwood

Some writers have moments when they change the way we look at ourselves and the world, but Margaret Atwood has them all the time. In …
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Swann

by Carol Shields

The lives of four amazingly different individuals become intertwined with that of Mary Swann, a rural Canadian poet of delicate verse whose genuine talent is …
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The Diviners

by Margaret Laurence

The life of a woman novelist living in a small town in Canada.
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Elmer Gantry (Signet Classics)

 

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The Winter King

by Bernard Cornwell

It takes a remarkable writer to make an old story as fresh and compelling as the first time we heard it. With The Winter King, …
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The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

In 1327, finding his sensitive mission at an Italian abbey further complicated by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William of Baskerville turns detective.
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue

by Susan Vreeland

The New York Times bestselling luminous tale about art and human experience that is as breathtaking as any Vermeer painting “A little gem of a …
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The black dahlia

 

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