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Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

156 pages • first pub 1872 (editions)

5.0hanrivermonster's review
fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious fast-paced
Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini

Sea Prayer

Khaled Hosseini

48 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0hanrivermonster's review
fiction graphic novel historical literary poetry short stories emotional sad fast-paced
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 1 by Nagabe

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 1

The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún [とつくにの少女 / Totsukuni no shōjo] #1

Nagabe

180 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0hanrivermonster's review
fiction fantasy manga dark mysterious fast-paced
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 4 by Nagabe

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 4

The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún [とつくにの少女 / Totsukuni no shōjo] #4

Nagabe

180 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0hanrivermonster's review
fiction fantasy manga dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

608 pages • first pub 1866 (editions)

5.0hanrivermonster's review
fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

420 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0hanrivermonster's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg by Helen Rappaport

The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg

The Romanov Sisters #1

Helen Rappaport

254 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0hanrivermonster's review
nonfiction biography history emotional informative medium-paced
Paradise Lost by John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton

384 pages • first pub 1667 (editions)

5.0hanrivermonster's review
fiction classics philosophy poetry challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia by Joshua Yaffa

Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia

Joshua Yaffa

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0hanrivermonster's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan by Tamim Ansary

Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan

Tamim Ansary

397 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0hanrivermonster's review
nonfiction history emotional slow-paced