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16 books

Watchmen by Alan Moore

Watchmen

Watchmen #1-12

Alan Moore

416 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0barrybj's review
fiction classics comics dystopian graphic novel speculative fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg

431 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0barrybj's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
FROM HELL: The Master Edition by Alan Moore

FROM HELL: The Master Edition

From Hell: Master Edition

Alan Moore

576 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

5.0barrybj's review
fiction comics crime fantasy challenging dark tense fast-paced
Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge by Becky Aikman

Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge

Becky Aikman

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0barrybj's review
nonfiction informative fast-paced
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

White is for Witching

Helen Oyeyemi

256 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0barrybj's review
fiction fantasy horror magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Earthsea Quartet

Earthsea Cycle #1-4

Ursula K. Le Guin

691 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0barrybj's review
fiction classics fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us

Kate Bornstein

320 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0barrybj's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir challenging reflective medium-paced
Wildwood Imperium by Colin Meloy

Wildwood Imperium

Wildwood Chronicles #3

Colin Meloy

592 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0barrybj's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #2

Tamsyn Muir

512 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0barrybj's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead

208 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0barrybj's review
fiction middle grade science fiction mysterious fast-paced