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11 books

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

546 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0niki_x's review
fiction fantasy historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

A Day of Fallen Night

The Roots of Chaos #0

Samantha Shannon

868 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0niki_x's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0niki_x's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0niki_x's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0niki_x's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0niki_x's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

409 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0niki_x's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Christy Lefteri

317 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0niki_x's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

527 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0niki_x's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0niki_x's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced