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39 books

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

488 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

529 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Neuromancer by William Gibson

Neuromancer

Sprawl #1

William Gibson

271 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction science fiction thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

608 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Marriage Plot

Jeffrey Eugenides

406 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

1Q84

1Q84 #1-3

Haruki Murakami

925 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction literary magical realism adventurous mysterious slow-paced
My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

My Name Is Asher Lev

Asher Lev #1

Chaim Potok

384 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

298 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
Runaway by Alice Munro

Runaway

Alice Munro

335 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction literary short stories reflective slow-paced
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

The Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood

641 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction historical literary mystery science fiction emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced