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34 books

The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

558 pages • first pub -750 (editions)

5.0percyperseus's review
fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic by Sophus Helle, Anonymous

Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic

Sophus Helle, Anonymous

320 pages • first pub -1200 (editions)

5.0percyperseus's review
fiction classics poetry adventurous fast-paced
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Gentleman Bastard #1

Scott Lynch

537 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0percyperseus's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller

139 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0percyperseus's review
fiction classics play dark emotional sad medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0percyperseus's review
fiction fantasy literary adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

372 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0percyperseus's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky

633 pages • first pub 1869 (editions)

5.0percyperseus's review
fiction classics challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0percyperseus's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Crush by Richard Siken

Crush

Yale Series of Younger Poets

Richard Siken

62 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0percyperseus's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0percyperseus's review
fiction literary mystery dark mysterious tense slow-paced