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21 books

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

A Canticle for Leibowitz

St. Leibowitz #1

Walter M. Miller Jr.

338 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0carrionkid's review
fiction classics science fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

336 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0carrionkid's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century by John Boswell

Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century

John Boswell

424 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0carrionkid's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ religion challenging informative slow-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

709 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0carrionkid's review
fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

The Indian Lake Trilogy #1

Stephen Graham Jones

398 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0carrionkid's review
fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Threats by Amelia Gray

Threats

Amelia Gray

278 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0carrionkid's review
fiction horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle

Wolf in White Van

John Darnielle

224 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0carrionkid's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

The Hellbound Heart

Hellraiser #1

Clive Barker

164 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0carrionkid's review
fiction fantasy horror adventurous fast-paced
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

1024 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0carrionkid's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious slow-paced
This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It by David Wong

This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It

John Dies at the End #2

David Wong

416 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0carrionkid's review
fiction fantasy horror dark funny fast-paced