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How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu

292 pages • hardcover • 2022

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fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • hardcover • 2024

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Nuclear War : A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

Nuclear War : A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

397 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction history politics technology dark informative tense fast-paced
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

Rejection

Tony Tulathimutte

272 pages • hardcover • 2024

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fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark funny medium-paced
Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber

Lesser Ruins

Mark Haber

278 pages • paperback • 2024

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fiction literary dark emotional medium-paced
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Sam Kean

391 pages • hardcover • 2010

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nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

201 pages • paperback • 1995

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fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima

John Hersey

152 pages • paperback • 1946

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nonfiction classics history dark informative sad medium-paced
Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen

Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs

Leonard Cohen

432 pages • paperback • 1993

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nonfiction music poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino

326 pages • hardcover • 2024

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fiction literary science fiction emotional funny reflective medium-paced