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A Book That Intimidates You
Has there been a book on your shelf and you've been intimidated to pick up? Is it too long? Is the genre not your usual genre? Perhaps it's super hyped and you're worried it'll let you down? Now's the time.
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Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Beartown

Beartown #1

Fredrik Backman

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Fifth Floor by Julie Oleszek

The Fifth Floor

Julie Oleszek

313 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

288 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

Red Mars

Mars Trilogy #1

Kim Stanley Robinson

592 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Body is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Body is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love

Sonya Renee Taylor

165 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

709 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
A Constant Hum by Alice Bishop

A Constant Hum

Alice Bishop

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett

King Hereafter

Dorothy Dunnett

721 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Stand by Stephen King

The Stand

Stephen King

1153 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction horror science fiction thriller adventurous medium-paced