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The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński

The Painted Bird

Jerzy Kosiński

251 pages • paperback • 1965

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction classics historical adventurous dark sad medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

311 pages • paperback • 1985

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
White Noise by Don DeLillo

White Noise

Don DeLillo

325 pages • paperback • 1985

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction classics literary dark funny reflective medium-paced
Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance by Ford Madox Ford

Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance

Ford Madox Ford

276 pages • paperback • 1924

5.0kurtwombat's review
nonfiction biography reflective medium-paced
The Grifters by Jim Thompson

The Grifters

Jim Thompson

189 pages • paperback • 1963

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction crime thriller mysterious fast-paced
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

The Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell

304 pages • paperback • 2000

5.0kurtwombat's review
nonfiction business psychology informative reflective fast-paced
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Lathe of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

175 pages • paperback • 1971

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction classics dystopian fantasy science fiction reflective medium-paced
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Eric Schlosser

399 pages • paperback • 2001

5.0kurtwombat's review
nonfiction food and drink health sociology informative fast-paced
The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll

The Land of Laughs

Jonathan Carroll

256 pages • paperback • 1980

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction fantasy horror magical realism dark mysterious slow-paced
It's a Magical World by Bill Watterson

It's a Magical World

Calvin and Hobbes #11

Bill Watterson

165 pages • paperback • 1996

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction comics adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced