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27 books

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

192 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0chonkooch's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Terrible by Yrsa Daley-Ward

The Terrible

Yrsa Daley-Ward

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0chonkooch's review
nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

272 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

5.0chonkooch's review
fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps by Heinz Heger

The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps

Heinz Heger

120 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0chonkooch's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ memoir dark informative sad fast-paced
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

The Glass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams

105 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0chonkooch's review
fiction classics play emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

The Blue Castle

L.M. Montgomery

218 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

5.0chonkooch's review
fiction classics romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Pump by Sydney Hegele

The Pump

Sydney Hegele

128 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0chonkooch's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber

333 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0chonkooch's review
nonfiction business economics politics informative reflective medium-paced
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

Johann Hari

348 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0chonkooch's review
nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

422 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0chonkooch's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced