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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)

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective 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)

5.0gardenia's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake

Girl Made of Stars

Ashley Herring Blake

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0gardenia's review
fiction lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

304 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0gardenia's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

2001: A Space Odyssey

Space Odyssey #1

Arthur C. Clarke

222 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0gardenia's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

152 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0gardenia's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days

Extraordinary Voyages #11

Jules Verne

248 pages • first pub 1872 (editions)

5.0gardenia's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse 5

Kurt Vonnegut

192 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0gardenia's review
fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
O Alienista by Machado de Assis

O Alienista

Machado de Assis

279 pages • first pub 1881 (editions) user-added

5.0gardenia's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
Quincas Borba by Machado de Assis

Quincas Borba

Machado de Assis

360 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)

5.0gardenia's review
fiction classics funny reflective slow-paced