The Unread Shelf Project 2021 - hosted by theunreadshelf

October - A book you're secretly afraid of
Maybe it's the content, the cover, or the topic. You may secretly think it's too sexy/scary/violent/heavy/light/romantic/science-y/fantastical for you, but you're embarrassed to admit it - and you can't quite make yourself pick it up. Let's get over the fear and read that book.
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway

The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

Ernest Hemingway

144 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Nun by Denis Diderot

The Nun

Denis Diderot

189 pages • first pub 1796 (editions)

fiction classics reflective medium-paced
Costalegre: A Novel Inspired By Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter by Courtney Maum

Costalegre: A Novel Inspired By Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter

Courtney Maum

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction art historical literary reflective medium-paced
Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

Wonder Woman: Warbringer

DC Icons #1

Leigh Bardugo

369 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Outsider by Stephen King

The Outsider

Holly Gibney #1

Stephen King

561 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller emotional mysterious fast-paced
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

The Eye of the World

The Wheel of Time #1

Robert Jordan

784 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

Stormdancer

The Lotus Wars #1

Jay Kristoff

464 pages • first pub 2012 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Winterhouse Mysteries by Ben Guterson

The Winterhouse Mysteries

Winterhouse #3

Ben Guterson

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced
What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

What Comes After

JoAnne Tompkins

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller emotional mysterious medium-paced
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein

Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free

Linda Kay Klein

341 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir religion reflective medium-paced