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137 books

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

How I Live Now

Meg Rosoff

194 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0helentaylor's review
fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Alys, Always by Harriet Lane

Alys, Always

Harriet Lane

120 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0helentaylor's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
The Lies You Told Me by Jessica Ruston

The Lies You Told Me

Jessica Ruston

368 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0helentaylor's review
fiction thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
It Would Be Wrong to Steal My Sister's Boyfriend (Wouldn't it?) by Sophie Ranald

It Would Be Wrong to Steal My Sister's Boyfriend (Wouldn't it?)

Sophie Ranald

232 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0helentaylor's review
fiction romance lighthearted fast-paced
Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty

Apple Tree Yard

Louise Doughty

336 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0helentaylor's review
fiction crime mystery thriller challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
West End Girls: The Real Lives, Loves and Friendships of 1940s Soho and its Working Girls by Barbara Tate

West End Girls: The Real Lives, Loves and Friendships of 1940s Soho and its Working Girls

Barbara Tate

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0helentaylor's review
nonfiction biography history memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Green Town #2

Ray Bradbury

337 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0helentaylor's review
fiction classics fantasy horror dark mysterious medium-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

8 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0helentaylor's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Maggie & Me by Damian Barr

Maggie & Me

Damian Barr

256 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0helentaylor's review
nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

962 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0helentaylor's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced