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Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

Thomas Cromwell #2

Hilary Mantel

412 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0amymarief's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional medium-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

640 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0amymarief's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

David Grann

329 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0amymarief's review
nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0amymarief's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

Maus #2

Art Spiegelman

136 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0amymarief's review
nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad fast-paced
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler

214 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0amymarief's review
fiction fantasy science fiction short stories speculative fiction challenging dark reflective fast-paced
Katalin Street by Magda Szabó

Katalin Street

Magda Szabó

248 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0amymarief's review
fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0amymarief's review
nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Abigail by Magda Szabó

Abigail

Magda Szabó

360 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0amymarief's review
fiction classics historical young adult emotional mysterious medium-paced
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby #1

Ira Levin

308 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0amymarief's review
fiction classics horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced