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24 books

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0_richard_'s review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

The Drowned World

J.G. Ballard

185 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0_richard_'s review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous slow-paced
Ted Bundy: The Only Living Witness by Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth

Ted Bundy: The Only Living Witness

Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth

402 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0_richard_'s review
nonfiction biography crime true crime dark informative fast-paced
Good Pop, Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker

Good Pop, Bad Pop

Jarvis Cocker

274 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

5.0_richard_'s review
nonfiction memoir music informative inspiring tense medium-paced
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis

386 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0_richard_'s review
fiction horror literary thriller challenging dark slow-paced
The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter

The Birthday Party

Harold Pinter

96 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0_richard_'s review
fiction play emotional reflective medium-paced
A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas

A Child's Christmas in Wales

Dylan Thomas

48 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0_richard_'s review
fiction classics poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

139 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0_richard_'s review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
A Season in Hell/The Drunken Boat by Louise Varèse, Arthur Rimbaud

A Season in Hell/The Drunken Boat

Louise Varèse, Arthur Rimbaud

104 pages • first pub 1872 (editions)

5.0_richard_'s review
fiction classics poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller

A View from the Bridge

Arthur Miller

96 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0_richard_'s review
fiction classics literary play dark emotional tense fast-paced