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33 books

Everybody by Olivia Laing

Everybody

Olivia Laing

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0gorgeousgirl's review
nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0gorgeousgirl's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0gorgeousgirl's review
fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha

Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History

Nur Masalha

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0gorgeousgirl's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

Ship of Magic

Liveship Traders #1

Robin Hobb

880 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0gorgeousgirl's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin

Tehanu

Earthsea Cycle #4

Ursula K. Le Guin

277 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0gorgeousgirl's review
fiction classics fantasy young adult dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle #1

Diana Wynne Jones

329 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0gorgeousgirl's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton

99 pages • first pub 1911 (editions)

5.0gorgeousgirl's review
fiction classics dark emotional sad medium-paced
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1 by 伊藤潤二, Junji Ito

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1

Uzumaki #1

伊藤潤二, Junji Ito

208 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0gorgeousgirl's review
fiction horror manga dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

299 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0gorgeousgirl's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced