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126 books

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

Red Seas Under Red Skies

Gentleman Bastard #2

Scott Lynch

558 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

A Clash of Kings

A Song of Ice and Fire #2

George R.R. Martin

873 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Ariel by Sylvia Plath

Ariel

Sylvia Plath

86 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

Battle Royale

Koushun Takami

617 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction dystopian science fiction thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars

John Green

313 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional sad medium-paced
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz

This Is How You Lose Her

Junot Díaz

217 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

416 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

360 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

Bill Bryson

10 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced