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Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
In Memoriam by Alice Winn

In Memoriam

Alice Winn

349 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

Young Mungo

Douglas Stuart

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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fiction lgbtqia+ literary romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

11 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

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fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Silver in the Wood

The Greenhollow Duology #1

Emily Tesh

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Hand of the Sun King by J.T. Greathouse

The Hand of the Sun King

Pact and Pattern #1

J.T. Greathouse

372 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

352 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

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fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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nonfiction history nature science informative medium-paced
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

Peter Godfrey-Smith

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy science informative reflective medium-paced