Shimmering Worlds Reading Challenge - hosted by afantasysky

A book written over 20 years ago
We've gotten more diversity recently but that doesn't mean there was no one writing before. There's some fantastic books worth looking at. 
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The Fixer by Bernard Malamud

The Fixer

Bernard Malamud

335 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

288 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective sad slow-paced
Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild

Octavia E. Butler

31 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction horror science fiction short stories challenging dark tense fast-paced
The Long Walk by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

The Long Walk

Stephen King, Richard Bachman

320 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror dark tense medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

12 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Survivor by Octavia E. Butler

Survivor

Patternmaster #3.5

Octavia E. Butler

187 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn

Xenogenesis #1

Octavia E. Butler

308 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

Wild Seed

Patternmaster #1

Octavia E. Butler

320 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction magical realism science fiction adventurous medium-paced
Nova by Samuel R. Delany

Nova

Samuel R. Delany

241 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

Brown Girl in the Ring

Nalo Hopkinson

256 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced