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7 books

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

The Couple Next Door

Shari Lapena

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Five Hours with Mario by Miguel Delibes, Frances M. López-Morillas

Five Hours with Mario

Miguel Delibes, Frances M. López-Morillas

259 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics funny reflective slow-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

324 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

331 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

The Neapolitan Novels #3

Elena Ferrante

418 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexiévich

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

Voices of Utopia #1

Svetlana Alexiévich

381 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexiévich

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Voices of Utopia #4

Svetlana Alexiévich

236 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced