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The White Boy Shuffle: From the Man Booker prize-winning author of The Sellout by Paul Beatty

The White Boy Shuffle: From the Man Booker prize-winning author of The Sellout

Paul Beatty

288 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction contemporary funny reflective sad medium-paced
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

Hurricane Season

Fernanda Melchor

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction contemporary horror literary mystery challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

336 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction classics literary emotional sad medium-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

864 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

ねじまき鳥クロニクル / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle #1-3

Haruki Murakami

607 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
King Lear by William Shakespeare

King Lear

William Shakespeare

192 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction classics play challenging dark sad medium-paced
Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

208 pages • first pub 1601 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction classics play challenging dark medium-paced
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

306 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings #2

J.R.R. Tolkien

334 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

The Lottery and Other Stories

Shirley Jackson

302 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

5.0raleigh's review
fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced