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Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

535 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)

5.0ianbanks's review
fiction classics literary romance dark emotional sad slow-paced
Is That It? by Bob Geldof
Is That It?
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Bob Geldof

Is That It?

Bob Geldof

423 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0ianbanks's review
nonfiction autobiography biography music emotional reflective slow-paced
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

451 pages • first pub 1895 (editions)

5.0ianbanks's review
fiction classics romance challenging reflective slow-paced
Legend by David Gemmell

Legend

The Drenai Saga #1

David Gemmell

345 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0ianbanks's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional fast-paced
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

The Day of the Triffids

John Wyndham

228 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0ianbanks's review
fiction classics horror science fiction dark tense medium-paced
The King Beyond the Gate by David Gemmell

The King Beyond the Gate

The Drenai Saga #2

David Gemmell

416 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0ianbanks's review
fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced
Plays on a Human Theme: Marty/A Raisin in the Sun/Inherit the Wind by Cy Groves, Jerome Lawrence, Lorraine Hansberry

Plays on a Human Theme: Marty/A Raisin in the Sun/Inherit the Wind

Cy Groves, Jerome Lawrence, Lorraine Hansberry

201 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0ianbanks's review
informative reflective medium-paced
Shakespeare's Plutarch: The Lives Julius Caesar Brutus Marcus Antonius Coriolanus Translation Sir Thomas by T.J.B. Spencer

Shakespeare's Plutarch: The Lives Julius Caesar Brutus Marcus Antonius Coriolanus Translation Sir Thomas

T.J.B. Spencer

365 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0ianbanks's review
adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham

The Kraken Wakes

John Wyndham

240 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0ianbanks's review
fiction classics horror science fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy

La Divina Commedia #1-3

Dante Alighieri

558 pages • first pub 1320 (editions)

5.0ianbanks's review
fiction classics poetry challenging dark reflective slow-paced