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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

312 pages • first pub 1940 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary emotional sad medium-paced
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

Angela Carter

128 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics magical realism short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

309 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Assassin's Apprentice

The Farseer Trilogy #1

Robin Hobb

435 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Shelley

288 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Dee Brown

14 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

365 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

353 pages • first pub 1811 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

160 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics young adult adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

The Glass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams

105 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

fiction classics play emotional reflective sad fast-paced