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218 books

Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee

Waiting for the Barbarians

J.M. Coetzee

152 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

Devil in a Blue Dress

Easy Rawlins #1

Walter Mosley

143 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Employees by Olga Ravn

The Employees

Olga Ravn

121 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda

Sing Her Down

Ivy Pochoda

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction crime challenging dark emotional fast-paced
The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones

The String Diaries

The String Diaries #1

Stephen Lloyd Jones

448 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

Broken Monsters

Lauren Beukes

464 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy by Malcolm Gaskill

Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy

Malcolm Gaskill

364 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Pillars of the Earth

Kingsbridge #1

Ken Follett

983 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor

Shadowplay

Joseph O'Connor

310 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark tense medium-paced
All Involved by Ryan Gattis

All Involved

Ryan Gattis

410 pages • first pub 2015 (editions) user-added

fiction crime historical dark emotional mysterious fast-paced