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53 books

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings #2

J.R.R. Tolkien

352 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings #3

J.R.R. Tolkien

560 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

333 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Jeanette Winterson

240 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

Frankissstein

Jeanette Winterson

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ science fiction challenging reflective medium-paced
The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

365 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women

Little Women #1

Louisa May Alcott

72 pages • first pub 1868 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
fiction classics middle grade emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

128 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
fiction classics literary adventurous reflective slow-paced
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

266 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced