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The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce

The Damned Thing

Ambrose Bierce

30 pages • first pub 1894 (editions)

5.0alyssaplacey's review
fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
Manacled by SenLinYu

Manacled

Manacled #1-3

SenLinYu

873 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) not a book

5.0alyssaplacey's review
fiction dystopian fantasy romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

David Sheff

340 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0alyssaplacey's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional sad slow-paced
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury

A Court of Thorns and Roses #2

Sarah J. Maas

624 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0alyssaplacey's review
fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

372 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alyssaplacey's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

517 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alyssaplacey's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses #1

Sarah J. Maas

419 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0alyssaplacey's review
fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Hide by Kiersten White

Hide

Kiersten White

236 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alyssaplacey's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Kalona's Fall by Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast

Kalona's Fall

House of Night Novellas #4

Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast

150 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0alyssaplacey's review
fiction fantasy young adult dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar

Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl #1

Cecily von Ziegesar

208 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0alyssaplacey's review
fiction contemporary young adult lighthearted fast-paced