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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

158 pages • 1958

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

284 pages • paperback • 1960

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö

The Man on the Balcony

Martin Beck Police Mystery #3

Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö

142 pages • 1967

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious sad fast-paced
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexiévich
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
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Svetlana Alexiévich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Voices of Utopia #5

Svetlana Alexiévich

520 pages • 2013

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nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
Solaris by Stanisław Lem

Solaris

Stanisław Lem

216 pages • digital • 1961 user-added

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction classics science fiction mysterious reflective slow-paced
Human Acts by Han Kang

Human Acts

Han Kang

218 pages • hardcover • 2014

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Beartown

Beartown #1

Fredrik Backman

15 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2016 user-added

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction contemporary literary sports emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Joke by Milan Kundera

The Joke

Milan Kundera

267 pages • paperback • 1967

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

164 pages • hardcover • 1970

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men

Cormac McCarthy

309 pages • hardcover • 2005

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction crime thriller dark tense medium-paced