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Book Riot 2024 Read Harder Challenge - hosted by baechael

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery with Alison Anderson (Translator)

325 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery with Alison Anderson (Translator)

325 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

213 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

213 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories by Regina Kanyu Wang, Yu Chen

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories
Regina Kanyu Wang, Yu Chen with Xiu Xinyu (Contributor), Count E (Contributor), Xia Jia (Contributor), Shen Dacheng (Contributor), Anna Wu (Contributor), Zhao Haihong (Contributor), BaiFanRuShuang (Contributor), Wang Nuonuo, Cara Healey (Translator), Carmen Yiling Yan (Translator), Elizabeth Hanlon (Translator), Emily Xueni Jin (Translator), Gigi Chang (Translator), Judith Huang (Translator), Judy Yi Zhou (Translator), R.F. Kuang (Translator), Ru-Ping Chen (Translator), Yilin Wang (Translator), etvolare (Translator), Ling Chen (Contributor), Gu Shi (Contributor), Nian Yu (Contributor), Shen Yingying (Contributor), Chen Qian (Contributor), Chu Xidao (Contributor), Chi Hui (Contributor), Jing Tsu (Contributor), Yilin Wang (Contributor), Emily Xueni Jin (Contributor), Xueting Christine Ni (Contributor), R.F. Kuang (Contributor)

385 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories

Regina Kanyu Wang, Yu Chen with Xiu Xinyu (Contributor), Count E (Contributor), Xia Jia (Contributor), Shen Dacheng (Contributor), Anna Wu (Contributor), Zhao Haihong (Contributor), BaiFanRuShuang (Contributor), Wang Nuonuo, Cara Healey (Translator), Carmen Yiling Yan (Translator), Elizabeth Hanlon (Translator), Emily Xueni Jin (Translator), Gigi Chang (Translator), Judith Huang (Translator), Judy Yi Zhou (Translator), R.F. Kuang (Translator), Ru-Ping Chen (Translator), Yilin Wang (Translator), etvolare (Translator), Ling Chen (Contributor), Gu Shi (Contributor), Nian Yu (Contributor), Shen Yingying (Contributor), Chen Qian (Contributor), Chu Xidao (Contributor), Chi Hui (Contributor), Jing Tsu (Contributor), Yilin Wang (Contributor), Emily Xueni Jin (Contributor), Xueting Christine Ni (Contributor), R.F. Kuang (Contributor)

385 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

Shadows of the Short Days by Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson

Shadows of the Short Days
Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson

528 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Shadows of the Short Days

Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson

528 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Paradise Rot
Jenny Hval with Marjam Idriss (Translator), Brie Jackman (Narrator)

3 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious medium-paced

Paradise Rot

Jenny Hval with Marjam Idriss (Translator), Brie Jackman (Narrator)

3 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious medium-paced

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk with Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk with Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Aosawa Murders
Riku Onda with Alison Watts (Translator)

346 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious slow-paced

The Aosawa Murders

Riku Onda with Alison Watts (Translator)

346 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious slow-paced

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata with Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata with Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced

The Scandal of the Century: And Other Writings by Gabriel García Márquez

The Scandal of the Century: And Other Writings
Gabriel García Márquez with Anne McLean (Translator)

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced

The Scandal of the Century: And Other Writings

Gabriel García Márquez with Anne McLean (Translator)

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov with Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator), Christopher Conn Askew (Illustrator), Boris Fishman (Contributor)

412 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

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The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov with Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator), Christopher Conn Askew (Illustrator), Boris Fishman (Contributor)

412 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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