Misc Book Challenge - hosted by flowerchild_943

Read a book you’re terrified of.
It can be a long book, it can be a classic, it can be a translated work, it can be a book you know will completely destroy you, just conquer your fear and read it!
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Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #2

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

516 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

Red Seas Under Red Skies

Gentleman Bastard #2

Scott Lynch

630 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

5 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 1866 (editions)

fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

529 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Süskind

263 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark mysterious medium-paced
No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators by Steve Jackson

No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators

Steve Jackson

374 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction crime science true crime challenging informative slow-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
Empire Of The Vampire by Jay Kristoff

Empire Of The Vampire

Empire of the Vampire #1

Jay Kristoff

719 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

737 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
An Autumn War by Daniel Abraham

An Autumn War

Long Price Quartet #3

Daniel Abraham

257 pages • first pub 2008 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy speculative fiction adventurous dark emotional medium-paced