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The Crown Ain't Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib

The Crown Ain't Worth Much

Hanif Abdurraqib

102 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0alexandriaslibrary's review
nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays by Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays

Oscar Wilde

416 pages • first pub 1898 (editions)

5.0alexandriaslibrary's review
fiction classics play funny reflective medium-paced
Nine Island by Jane Alison

Nine Island

Jane Alison

244 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0alexandriaslibrary's review
fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

333 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0alexandriaslibrary's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0alexandriaslibrary's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
We Were Witches by Ariel Gore

We Were Witches

Ariel Gore

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0alexandriaslibrary's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

Eileen

Ottessa Moshfegh

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0alexandriaslibrary's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark tense slow-paced
Crush by Richard Siken

Crush

Yale Series of Younger Poets

Richard Siken

62 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0alexandriaslibrary's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

559 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0alexandriaslibrary's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

Mostly Dead Things

Kristen Arnett

356 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alexandriaslibrary's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced