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16 books

Weyward by Emilia Hart

Weyward

Emilia Hart

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes

The Alternatives

Caoilinn Hughes

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective medium-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

650 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

A Tempest of Tea

Blood and Tea #1

Hafsah Faizal

335 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott

Dark Earth

Rebecca Stott

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan

Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution

Tania Branigan

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

612 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
Father May Be an Elephant, and Mother Only a Small Basket, But... by Gogu Shyamala

Father May Be an Elephant, and Mother Only a Small Basket, But...

Gogu Shyamala

219 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

221 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

Biography of X

Catherine Lacey

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced