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The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket

The Carnivorous Carnival

A Series of Unfortunate Events #9

Lemony Snicket

286 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0jennyfern's review
fiction middle grade mystery adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

The Hundred-Year-Old Man #1

Jonas Jonasson

396 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jennyfern's review
fiction contemporary adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

544 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0jennyfern's review
nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Strange the Dreamer

Strange the Dreamer #1

Laini Taylor

536 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jennyfern's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious slow-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

384 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

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fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

Muse of Nightmares

Strange the Dreamer #2

Laini Taylor

528 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jennyfern's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Wayfarers #1

Becky Chambers

518 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0jennyfern's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell

Swamplandia!

Karen Russell

323 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jennyfern's review
fiction fantasy literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle

Wolf in White Van

John Darnielle

211 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0jennyfern's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Carry On

Simon Snow #1

Rainbow Rowell

521 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced