February TBR Tackle Challenge - hosted by booksare42

Novella
February is the shortest month of the year. In honour of the short month, read a novella. According to the internet a novella is usually between 70 to 160 pages. If you don’t have any novellas on your shelves, you can read a book of short stories for this prompt.
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Unbearable Splendor by Sun Yung Shin

Unbearable Splendor

Sun Yung Shin

112 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
Balance by Ryk Brown

Balance

The Frontiers Saga, Part 2: Rogue Castes #5

Ryk Brown

10 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced
Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

Nick and Charlie

Solitaire #1.5

Alice Oseman

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Island of Fire by Lisa McMann

Island of Fire

Unwanteds #3

Lisa McMann

480 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction dystopian fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Red Room by Ridley Pearson

The Red Room

Risk Agent #3

Ridley Pearson

416 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler

214 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories speculative fiction challenging dark reflective fast-paced
This is Amiko, Do You Copy? by Natsuko Imamura

This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

Natsuko Imamura

128 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Better than Before by Lynn Painter

Better than Before

Better Than the Movies #0.5

Lynn Painter

38 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted fast-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

13 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Who TF Did I Marry by Reesa Teesa

Who TF Did I Marry

Reesa Teesa

8 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) not a book user-added

nonfiction memoir true crime emotional tense medium-paced