The X-Files Reading Challenge: Season Four - hosted by easyqueenie

Leonard Betts: A Book with a Shocking Conclusion
 Leonard Betts has one of the most shocking endings of any X-Files episode with the titular character’s one-sentence revelation to Scully, so read a book with a shocking conclusion or a twist you never saw coming.
Ideas: Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, One Of Us is Lying by Karen McManus 
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The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings #2

J.R.R. Tolkien

407 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa

My Sweet Girl

Amanda Jayatissa

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda, 恩田 陸

Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight

Riku Onda, 恩田 陸

180 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Death Valley by Melissa Broder

Death Valley

Melissa Broder

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Walking Practice by Dolki Min

Walking Practice

Dolki Min

176 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark funny fast-paced
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

Roshani Chokshi

292 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan

Promise of Blood

Powder Mage #1

Brian McClellan

592 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
In The Clearing by J.P. Pomare

In The Clearing

J.P. Pomare

328 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

The Last House on Needless Street

Catriona Ward

333 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Doctor Who: Legacy by Gary Russell

Doctor Who: Legacy

The New Doctor Who Adventures #25

Gary Russell

301 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous dark slow-paced