Decade Reading Challenge - 20th Century - hosted by caribbeangirlreading

1990s
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Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

Black and Blue

Anna Quindlen

288 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

15 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Arrêt sur le Ponte Vecchio by Boris Pahor

Arrêt sur le Ponte Vecchio

Boris Pahor

247 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction short stories
The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid

The Autobiography of My Mother

Jamaica Kincaid

228 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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Erik Larson

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

9 hours • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Carrie Soto Is Back

Taylor Jenkins Reid

369 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary emotional inspiring medium-paced
Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

Lucy

Jamaica Kincaid

4 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd

One Thousand White Women #1

Jim Fergus

304 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical informative slow-paced
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis

399 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction horror literary thriller challenging dark slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter #2

J.K. Rowling

259 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced