Tackle Your TBR 2024 - hosted by mustbeinwantofawife

April - A Book That Intimidates You
Do you get nervous about reading a book that's really highly recommended? Are you put off by long books? Or maybe you want to read a classic book but worry about the old fashioned language? Time to put your fears to one side and read that one book that you'd love to read if it didn't scare you so much!
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Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory

Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History

Philippa Gregory

27 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative medium-paced
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft

352 pages • first pub 1792 (editions)

nonfiction classics feminism philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

1006 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Middlemarch by George Eliot

Middlemarch

George Eliot

708 pages • first pub 1871 (editions) user-added

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

397 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Outlander #9

Diana Gabaldon

928 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical romance adventurous emotional slow-paced
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

432 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry

The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World

Elaine Scarry

385 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Secret Projects #1

Brandon Sanderson

365 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced