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44 books

The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem

The Book of Disappearance

Ibtisam Azem

239 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0maketeaa's review
fiction speculative fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0maketeaa's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Penance by Eliza Clark

Penance

Eliza Clark

434 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0maketeaa's review
fiction contemporary crime literary mystery thriller dark tense medium-paced
The Service by Frankie Miren

The Service

Frankie Miren

378 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0maketeaa's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0maketeaa's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

Balli Kaur Jaswal

400 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0maketeaa's review
fiction contemporary mystery emotional funny medium-paced
This Is Where We Live by Kate Hardie

This Is Where We Live

Kate Hardie

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0maketeaa's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World

Sarah Weinman

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0maketeaa's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0maketeaa's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima

John Hersey

152 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0maketeaa's review
nonfiction classics history dark informative sad medium-paced