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110 books

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

The Lottery

Shirley Jackson

30 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

5.0christygoldsmith's review
fiction classics horror short stories dark tense fast-paced
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

The Cask of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe

20 pages • first pub 1846 (editions)

5.0christygoldsmith's review
fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

64 pages • first pub 1892 (editions)

5.0christygoldsmith's review
fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

Washington Irving

368 pages • first pub 1820 (editions)

5.0christygoldsmith's review
fiction classics horror dark mysterious medium-paced
The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver

The Giver #1

Lois Lowry

179 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0christygoldsmith's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville

Bartleby the Scrivener

Herman Melville

64 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)

5.0christygoldsmith's review
fiction classics contemporary short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

331 pages • first pub 1911 (editions)

5.0christygoldsmith's review
fiction classics middle grade hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0christygoldsmith's review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
A Time to Kill by John Grisham

A Time to Kill

Jake Brigance #1

John Grisham

496 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0christygoldsmith's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

278 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0christygoldsmith's review
fiction historical romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced