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Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

546 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0pauliboi's review
fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

367 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0pauliboi's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Filth by Irvine Welsh

Filth

Irvine Welsh

392 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0pauliboi's review
fiction contemporary crime mystery challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

511 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0pauliboi's review
nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

415 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0pauliboi's review
nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-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)

5.0pauliboi's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

A Fire Upon the Deep

Zones of Thought #1

Vernor Vinge

579 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0pauliboi's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers

The Gallows Pole

Benjamin Myers

350 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0pauliboi's review
fiction historical dark slow-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0pauliboi's review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

304 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0pauliboi's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
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