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Decade 6
Any decade counts, as long as each prompt is a different decade.
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

2 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 1915 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

10 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Warrior's Path by Louis L'Amour

The Warrior's Path

The Sacketts #3

Louis L'Amour

256 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous fast-paced
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Süskind

263 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark mysterious medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

294 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis #1-4

Marjane Satrapi

153 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Season of Migration to the North by الطيب صالح, Tayeb Salih

Season of Migration to the North

الطيب صالح, Tayeb Salih

169 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction historical dark reflective slow-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

3 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 1945 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

248 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

A Grief Observed

C.S. Lewis

112 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion reflective medium-paced