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Nostalgic

A complex mood organized around the bittersweet pull of the past, combining emotional warmth with the sharp, universal grief of irretrievability.

The bittersweet ache of remembering. It's the warmth of a cherished memory tinged with the sadness that it can never be recaptured, a feeling of profound connection to a time that is gone forever.

Books

A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens
Bag of BonesStephen King
Dandelion WineRay Bradbury
The Sun Down MotelSimone St. James
Meddling kidsEdgar Cantero
The Changeling SeaPatricia A. McKillip
Mister MagicKiersten White
Time Shelter: A NovelGeorgi Gospodinov
SummerlongPeter S. Beagle
A witch in timeConstance Sayers
Nella WaitsMarlys Millhiser
LandlineRainbow Rowell
Blackberry WineJoanne M. Harris
The Invisible HourAlice Hoffman
The mystery of graceCharles de Lint
HourglassMyra McEntire
VioletScott Thomas
The PresenceEve Bunting
The angel of lossesStephanie Feldman
Shoeless JoeW. P. Kinsella
Where Echoes DieCourtney Gould
Winter's TaleMark Helprin
LinghunAi Jiang
Shadow of AshlandTerence M. Green
VictorySusan Cooper
BitterblueKristin Cashore
The Map of MomentsChristopher Golden
The Bell TowerSarah Rayne
Toy CemeteryWilliam W. Johnstone
Portrait of JennieRobert Nathan
The truth about CeliaKevin Brockmeier
HoneyeaterKathleen Jennings
MistletoeAlison Littlewood
HomecomingD. Alexander Smith
FlashbackDan Simmons
Evening's empireDavid Herter
Hotel de DreamEmma Tennant
Madeleine's ghostRobert Girardi
Mary PoppinsP. L. Travers
The memory artistsJeffrey Moore
The AmateursLiz Harmer
The sorrow properLindsey Drager
A tale of the windKay Nolte Smith

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