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Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

381 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction classics play dark tense medium-paced
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes by Unknown

The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

Unknown

392 pages • first pub 1270 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
nonfiction classics poetry religion adventurous informative medium-paced
The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

The Prose Edda

Snorri Sturluson

215 pages • first pub 1220 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
nonfiction classics poetry religion adventurous medium-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

169 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography by Audre Lorde

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography

Audre Lorde

272 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

The Sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut

326 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny reflective medium-paced
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

509 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction literary science fiction adventurous reflective medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced