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94 books

The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

699 pages • first pub -750 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

Poor Things

Alasdair Gray

317 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark funny medium-paced
King Lear by William Shakespeare

King Lear

William Shakespeare

456 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction classics play challenging dark sad medium-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

541 pages • first pub -800 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Shelley

288 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Catch-22 #1

Joseph Heller

453 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced
Tampa by Alissa Nutting

Tampa

Alissa Nutting

268 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction contemporary crime horror dark medium-paced
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson

371 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann

KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps

Nikolaus Wachsmann

880 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0valentinefleisch's review
nonfiction history emotional reflective sad slow-paced