contemplativeIn this video I made for my BookTube channel I mentioned these books-
"The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverance & Assurance" by Thomas R. Schreiner & Ardel B. Caneday
"Hogarth: A Life and a World" biography by Jenny Uglow
"Mickelsson's Ghosts" a novel by John Gardner
"Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet And The Painting Of The Water Lilies" biography by Ross King
"The Writer's Chapbook: A Compendium of Fact, Opinion, Wit, and Advice from 20th Century's Preeminent Writers" Edited from The Paris Review interviews and with an Introduction by George Plimpton
"The Beach: The History Of Paradise On Earth" Cultural History by Lena Lencek & Gideon Bosker
"The Odds" A Love Story by Stewart O'Nan
"Brown Dog" Novellas by Jim Harrison
"The Angel Of Darkness" a novel by Ernesto Sabato Translated by Andrew Hurley
Ernesto Sabato
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Sabato
"The Bridegroom" Stories by Ha Jin
"A Relative Stranger" Stories by Charles Baxter
"On Canaan's Side" a novel by Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Barry
"Jack Maggs" a novel by Peter Carey
"The Wallcreeper" a novel by Nell Zink
"Mislaid" a novel by Nell Zink
"Private Novelist" two novels in one volume by Nell Zink
"The Feminization Of American Culture" Cultural History by Ann Douglas
"Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan In The 1920's" Cultural History by Ann Douglas
(Ann Douglas wrote an Introduction of the Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition of "The Dharma Bums" a novel by Jack Kerouac that is worth reading.)