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A Novel Alliance 2025 Reading Challenge - hosted by sarshu01

A book with a snake on the cover or in the title
It is the Lunar Year of the Snake - feel free to use the word "snake" or another related word (e.g. cobra, serpent).
All books added
Summer of the Sea Serpent by Mary Pope Osborne

Summer of the Sea Serpent

Magic Tree House Merlin Missions #3

Mary Pope Osborne

111 pages • hardcover • 2004

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced
2666 by Roberto Bolaño

2666

2666 #1-5

Roberto Bolaño

898 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction literary dark reflective slow-paced
The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan

The Tropic of Serpents

The Memoirs of Lady Trent #2

Marie Brennan

10 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2014

fiction fantasy historical adventurous fast-paced
Cackle by Rachel Harrison

Cackle

Rachel Harrison

10 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction horror dark funny mysterious medium-paced
The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad

The Blueprint

Rae Giana Rashad

304 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

231 pages • digital • 2018

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Liquid Snakes by Stephen Kearse

Liquid Snakes

Stephen Kearse

302 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction speculative fiction challenging dark mysterious fast-paced
Beneath by Kristi DeMeester

Beneath

Kristi DeMeester

314 pages • digital • 2017 user-added

fiction horror dark medium-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

517 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Sunrise on the Reaping

The Hunger Games #0.5

Suzanne Collins

382 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced