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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

448 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

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fiction classics romance thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
salt slow by Julia Armfield

salt slow

Julia Armfield

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Winter by Ali Smith

Winter

Seasonal Quartet #2

Ali Smith

322 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

697 pages • first pub 1877 (editions)

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fiction classics literary romance challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

340 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction history memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

306 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

331 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Troubles with Us: One Belfast Girl on Boys, Bombs and Finding Her Way by Alix O'Neill

The Troubles with Us: One Belfast Girl on Boys, Bombs and Finding Her Way

Alix O'Neill

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

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fiction classics horror literary mystery dark mysterious medium-paced