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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

216 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0italya's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

247 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0italya's review
fiction horror literary magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung

251 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0italya's review
fiction horror short stories speculative fiction dark mysterious medium-paced
Severance by Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma

291 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0italya's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

Valley of the Dolls

Jacqueline Susann

442 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0italya's review
fiction classics contemporary romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

442 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0italya's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0italya's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

358 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0italya's review
fiction literary thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Brutes by Dizz Tate

Brutes

Dizz Tate

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0italya's review
fiction contemporary horror literary mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

211 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0italya's review
fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced