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22 books

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

413 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

5.0maryjf23's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima

John Hersey

152 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0maryjf23's review
nonfiction classics history dark informative sad medium-paced
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson

The Killer Inside Me

Jim Thompson

244 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0maryjf23's review
fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel (Chronological Order) #1

Baroness Orczy

288 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)

5.0maryjf23's review
fiction classics historical mysterious fast-paced
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

John Steinbeck

214 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

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nonfiction classics memoir travel reflective slow-paced
Mujeres singulares by George Gissing

Mujeres singulares

George Gissing

560 pages • first pub 1893 (editions)

5.0maryjf23's review
fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds by Hannah Pick-Goslar

My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds

Hannah Pick-Goslar

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0maryjf23's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Confesiones de una máscara by Yukio Mishima

Confesiones de una máscara

Yukio Mishima

240 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0maryjf23's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ reflective slow-paced
Asesinato en el Orient Express by Agatha Christie, Eduardo Machado Quevedo

Asesinato en el Orient Express

Hercule Poirot #10

Agatha Christie, Eduardo Machado Quevedo

238 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

5.0maryjf23's review
fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

258 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

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fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced