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29 books

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman

Life and Fate

Stalingrad #2

Vasily Grossman

864 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0katom6878's review
fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0katom6878's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

420 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0katom6878's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

476 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0katom6878's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin

226 pages • first pub 1924 (editions) user-added

5.0katom6878's review
fiction classics dystopian challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

Child 44

Leo Demidov #1

Tom Rob Smith

509 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0katom6878's review
fiction historical mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

Timothy Snyder

524 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0katom6878's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Memoirs of a Geisha: The Literary Sensation and Runaway Bestseller by Arthur Golden

Memoirs of a Geisha: The Literary Sensation and Runaway Bestseller

Arthur Golden

512 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0katom6878's review
fiction classics historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Slow Horses by Mick Herron

Slow Horses

Slough House #1

Mick Herron

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0katom6878's review
fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Blindness by José Saramago

Blindness

Blindness #1

José Saramago

352 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0katom6878's review
fiction dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced