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14 books

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Iain Reid

224 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction horror literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky

Hurricane Girl

Marcy Dermansky

229 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark funny tense fast-paced
You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

You Could Make This Place Beautiful

Maggie Smith

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Stay True by Hua Hsu

Stay True

Hua Hsu

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

Tahir Hamut Izgil

271 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir race religion informative sad tense medium-paced
Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia

Mystery Lights

Lena Valencia

256 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror short stories
Bellies by Nicola Dinan

Bellies

Nicola Dinan

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Scythe

Arc of a Scythe #1

Neal Shusterman

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes

The Forbidden Notebook

Alba de Céspedes

259 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Burned

Burned #1

Ellen Hopkins

544 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction contemporary poetry romance young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced