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143 books

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Atonement

Ian McEwan

351 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

110 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction literary young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

443 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction classics literary romance dark emotional sad slow-paced
Wise Children by Angela Carter

Wise Children

Angela Carter

240 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction magical realism reflective slow-paced
Othello by William Shakespeare

Othello

William Shakespeare

368 pages • first pub 1603 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction classics play dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

294 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

Brooklyn

Eilis Lacey #1

Colm Tóibín

262 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

320 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction classics literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Marlowe: Four Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts One and Two, The Jew of Malta, Edward II and Dr Faustus by Brian Gibbons, Christopher Marlowe
Marlowe: Four Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts One and Two, The Jew of Malta, Edward II and Dr Faustus
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Brian Gibbons, Christopher Marlowe

Marlowe: Four Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts One and Two, The Jew of Malta, Edward II and Dr Faustus

Brian Gibbons, Christopher Marlowe

624 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction play challenging informative slow-paced
A View from the Bridge / All My Sons by Arthur Miller

A View from the Bridge / All My Sons

Arthur Miller

171 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction classics play sad medium-paced