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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0aoyenhi's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0aoyenhi's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

Vincent Bevins

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0aoyenhi's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

245 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0aoyenhi's review
fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Child of All Nations by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Child of All Nations

Tetralogi Buru #2

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

352 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0aoyenhi's review
fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

321 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0aoyenhi's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

1Q84

1Q84 #1-3

Haruki Murakami

925 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0aoyenhi's review
fiction contemporary dystopian fantasy literary magical realism romance science fiction adventurous mysterious slow-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

709 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0aoyenhi's review
fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1: Herr Dr. Tenma by Naoki Urasawa

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1: Herr Dr. Tenma

Naoki Urasawa's Monster #1

Naoki Urasawa

224 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0aoyenhi's review
fiction crime manga mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
PLUTO: Naoki Urasawa x Ozamu Tezuka, Band 001 by Naoki Urasawa

PLUTO: Naoki Urasawa x Ozamu Tezuka, Band 001

Pluto #1

Naoki Urasawa

192 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0aoyenhi's review
fiction manga science fiction adventurous slow-paced