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12 books

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

A Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki

418 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0daretoread's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

The Story of a New Name

The Neapolitan Novels #2

Elena Ferrante

471 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0daretoread's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney

356 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0daretoread's review
fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Pet Sematary by Stephen King

Pet Sematary

Stephen King

417 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0daretoread's review
fiction horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

204 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0daretoread's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Shining by Stephen King

The Shining

The Shining #1

Stephen King

659 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0daretoread's review
fiction fantasy horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0daretoread's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0daretoread's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

The World That We Knew

Alice Hoffman

372 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0daretoread's review
fiction historical literary emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexiévich

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Voices of Utopia #4

Svetlana Alexiévich

236 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0daretoread's review
nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced