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The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

The Mountains Sing

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

10 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Guerra Não Tem Rosto de Mulher by Svetlana Alexiévich, Galina Mitrakhovitch, Nuno Quintas

A Guerra Não Tem Rosto de Mulher

Голоса утопии #1

Svetlana Alexiévich, Galina Mitrakhovitch, Nuno Quintas

400 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Jakob der Lügner by Jurek Becker

Jakob der Lügner

Jurek Becker

8 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 1969 (editions) user-added

fiction historical reflective sad slow-paced
Der Nahostkonflikt: Geschichte, Positionen, Perspektiven by Jan Busse, Muriel Asseburg

Der Nahostkonflikt: Geschichte, Positionen, Perspektiven

Jan Busse, Muriel Asseburg

128 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

Maus #2

Art Spiegelman

135 pages • first pub 1991 (editions) user-added

nonfiction comics history memoir dark emotional sad fast-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

154 pages • first pub 1986 (editions) user-added

nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
In Memoriam by Alice Winn

In Memoriam

Alice Winn

379 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee

8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster

Mirinae Lee

290 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

105 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

420 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced