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Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Swing Time

Zadie Smith

453 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Complete Stories by Bernard Malamud, Robert Giroux

The Complete Stories

Bernard Malamud, Robert Giroux

656 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

182 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey

The Gashlycrumb Tinies

The Vinegar Works #1

Edward Gorey

32 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction horror dark funny fast-paced
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative by Austin Kleon

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative

Austin Kleon

160 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
nonfiction art self help informative medium-paced
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman

181 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction fantasy horror magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness

237 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction fantasy young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings #3

J.R.R. Tolkien

416 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings #2

J.R.R. Tolkien

322 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Charlotte's Web

E.B. White

192 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced