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The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

365 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0jakevar's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol

The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol

57 pages • first pub 1842 (editions)

fiction classics short stories dark funny reflective slow-paced
The Nose by Nikolai Gogol

The Nose

Penguin Little Black Classics #46

Nikolai Gogol

53 pages • first pub 1836 (editions)

fiction classics short stories dark funny reflective medium-paced
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol

The Government Inspector

Nikolai Gogol

105 pages • first pub 1836 (editions)

fiction classics play funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

The Time Machine

H.G. Wells

128 pages • first pub 1895 (editions)

5.0jakevar's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
1948: A Critical and Creative Prequel to Orwell's 1984 by Brian May

1948: A Critical and Creative Prequel to Orwell's 1984

Brian May

214 pages • missing pub info (editions)

medium-paced
In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

98 pages • first pub 1933 (editions)

nonfiction art essays philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
Julia by Sandra Newman

Julia

Sandra Newman

385 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Glory: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo

Glory: A Novel

NoViolet Bulawayo

403 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.25jakevar's review
fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells

245 pages • first pub 1898 (editions)

4.5jakevar's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced