🌬️ Folklore Reading Challenge #TaylorSwift - hosted by bibilly

my tears ricochet: it killed you just the same
• a (sad) first person narration
• a dramatic lead
• a character trying to bounce back
• a book to read on your worst days
All books added
Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

Juniper & Thorn

Ava Reid

301 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

A Prayer for Owen Meany

John Irving

637 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Watering the Soul by Courtney Peppernell

Watering the Soul

Courtney Peppernell

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

The Woman in Me

Britney Spears

5 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

440 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody

Rabbit Hole

Kate Brody

11 hours • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #1

Tamsyn Muir

16 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho

The Silence That Binds Us

Joanna Ho

11 hours, 19 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction young adult challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

We Are Okay

Nina LaCour

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Unicorn's Guide to the Multiverse by Daniel McCaslin

A Unicorn's Guide to the Multiverse

Daniel McCaslin

183 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction science fiction young adult