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17 books

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

Our Wives Under The Sea

Julia Armfield

232 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary science fiction dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Permanent Damage by Ivy Tholen

Permanent Damage

Ivy Tholen

292 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction horror dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

Arsenic and Adobo

A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #1

Mia P. Manansala

307 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Women

Kristin Hannah

471 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry

New Collected Poems

Wendell Berry

416 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction nature poetry reflective slow-paced
The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

The Winter Duke

Claire Eliza Bartlett

432 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous slow-paced
Tempting the Beast by Lora Leigh

Tempting the Beast

Breeds #1

Lora Leigh

284 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction romance speculative fiction adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson

Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

Cassandra Peterson

284 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art autobiography memoir dark mysterious medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

737 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Assassin's Apprentice

The Farseer Trilogy #1

Robin Hobb

435 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced