BIG BOOKS LESS PRESSURE 2024 - hosted by ameliasbooks

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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

The Wicked Years #1

Gregory Maguire

19 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
She Wanted It All: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and a Texas Millionaire by Kathryn Casey

She Wanted It All: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and a Texas Millionaire

Kathryn Casey

464 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography crime true crime dark emotional medium-paced
Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

Before They Are Hanged

The First Law #2

Joe Abercrombie

573 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater

Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

Dashka Slater

480 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction race sociology true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

I Have Some Questions for You

Rebecca Makkai

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

397 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

Peter Frankopan

29 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science challenging informative slow-paced
Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

Ruthless Vows

Letters of Enchantment #2

Rebecca Ross

420 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced