Leave the Comfort Zone 2022 - hosted by lalu

A book that's intrigued you for some time but that you never dared to pick up, because it's outside your comfort zone
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At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop

At Night All Blood Is Black

David Diop

145 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

18 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

349 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

ねじまき鳥クロニクル / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle #1-3

Haruki Murakami

607 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

292 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

210 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

The Alice Network

Kate Quinn

503 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

462 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced