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12 books

The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst

The Stranger's Child

Alan Hollinghurst

435 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Out by Natsuo Kirino

Out

Natsuo Kirino

520 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices by Noah Whiteman

Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices

Noah Whiteman

295 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

229 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Defenestrate by Renée Branum

Defenestrate

Renée Branum

226 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang

Organ Meats

K-Ming Chang

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
I Didn't Talk by Beatriz Bracher

I Didn't Talk

Beatriz Bracher

160 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

All My Puny Sorrows

Miriam Toews

321 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

Alan Sillitoe

176 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Catch-22 #1

Joseph Heller

453 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced