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Batman: Year One by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli

Batman: Year One

Batman (1940) #404-407

Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli

144 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0blerdbeats's review
fiction comics crime adventurous dark fast-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

464 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0blerdbeats's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0blerdbeats's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

11 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0blerdbeats's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0blerdbeats's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

110 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0blerdbeats's review
nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

Baptism of Fire

The Witcher #5

Andrzej Sapkowski

400 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0blerdbeats's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark medium-paced
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

The Last Wish

The Witcher #1

Andrzej Sapkowski

280 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0blerdbeats's review
fiction fantasy short stories adventurous dark medium-paced
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

James W. Loewen

444 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0blerdbeats's review
nonfiction education history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

335 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0blerdbeats's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional sad medium-paced