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The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels by Ágota Kristóf

The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels

The Book of Lies - Twins Trilogy #01-03

Ágota Kristóf

480 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction historical challenging dark sad medium-paced
The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

The Woodlanders

Thomas Hardy

360 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

320 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

324 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

672 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

Thomas Cromwell #2

Hilary Mantel

432 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional medium-paced
City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer

City of Saints and Madmen

Ambergris #1

Jeff VanderMeer

704 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction fantasy horror science fiction short stories challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

The Mirror and the Light

Thomas Cromwell #3

Hilary Mantel

875 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

5.0raleigh's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark informative slow-paced
Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth

Will and Testament

Vigdis Hjorth

336 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction contemporary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

Poor Things

Alasdair Gray

336 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark funny medium-paced