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The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Angel's Game

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #2

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

531 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0louisv's review
fiction historical literary mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

The Cat Who Saved Books

Sōsuke Natsukawa

198 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0louisv's review
fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa

216 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0louisv's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Shelley

288 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

5.0louisv's review
fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

108 pages • first pub 1872 (editions)

5.0louisv's review
fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious fast-paced
The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai

The Setting Sun

Osamu Dazai

175 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0louisv's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0louisv's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Drowned Country by Emily Tesh

Drowned Country

The Greenhollow Duology #2

Emily Tesh

153 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0louisv's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Silver in the Wood

The Greenhollow Duology #1

Emily Tesh

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0louisv's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious medium-paced
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

What Moves the Dead

Sworn Soldier #1

T. Kingfisher

165 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0louisv's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced