2023 Easy Reading Challenge - hosted by eniahreads

JULY: Big bad book
Challenge yourself a bit by reading a book that you're afraid of reading: either because it's chunky, you've seen bad feedbacks, you're afraid you won't like it much, etc... Any reason is valid! 
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Babel: Una historia arcana by R.F. Kuang

Babel: Una historia arcana

R.F. Kuang

700 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Continental Shift: A Journey in Africa's Changing Fortunes by Richard Poplak, Kevin Bloom

Continental Shift: A Journey in Africa's Changing Fortunes

Richard Poplak, Kevin Bloom

431 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging reflective slow-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

328 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
La Chasseuse et l'Alchimiste by Allison Saft

La Chasseuse et l'Alchimiste

Allison Saft

512 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

720 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Inheritance Games

The Inheritance Games #1

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

376 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery young adult adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

The Celestial Kingdom #1

Sue Lynn Tan

512 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams

City of Golden Shadow

Otherland #1

Tad Williams

780 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous slow-paced
The Third Person by Emma Grove

The Third Person

Emma Grove

920 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir psychology challenging emotional reflective fast-paced