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351 books

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

343 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0wimzie's review
nonfiction classics true crime dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

273 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

5.0wimzie's review
fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Watership Down by Richard Adams

Watership Down

Watership Down #1

Richard Adams

478 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0wimzie's review
fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous emotional medium-paced
Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas

Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood

Koren Zailckas

342 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0wimzie's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0wimzie's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

The Little Friend

Donna Tartt

640 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0wimzie's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

503 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0wimzie's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 by Robert Graves

I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54

Claudius #1

Robert Graves

468 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

5.0wimzie's review
fiction classics historical challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves

Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina

Claudius #2

Robert Graves

533 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

5.0wimzie's review
fiction classics historical challenging informative slow-paced
Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda

Roald Dahl

240 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0wimzie's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced