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The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

The Miniaturist

The Miniaturist #1

Jessie Burton

400 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0story_stacks's review
fiction historical mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
World Without End by Ken Follett

World Without End

Kingsbridge #2

Ken Follett

1124 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0story_stacks's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe

Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case

Chris Crowe

144 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0story_stacks's review
nonfiction historical history true crime challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott

6 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0story_stacks's review
nonfiction memoir reference informative inspiring medium-paced
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

Dragonfly in Amber

Outlander #2

Diana Gabaldon

743 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0story_stacks's review
fiction fantasy historical romance adventurous emotional slow-paced
Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway by Joyce Carol Oates

Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway

Joyce Carol Oates

238 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0story_stacks's review
fiction historical literary short stories dark slow-paced
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

229 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0story_stacks's review
nonfiction memoir challenging dark sad medium-paced
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Pillars of the Earth

Kingsbridge #1

Ken Follett

992 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0story_stacks's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

44 pages • first pub 1851 (editions)

5.0story_stacks's review
fiction classics historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

200 pages • first pub 1899 (editions)

5.0story_stacks's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced