Book Read Happy Hour: February 2024 - hosted by dguthrieadams

What's past is prologue.
Shakespeare does it again, or rather we do. We love Ol' Bill. This prompt could be interpreted for that prequel you've been meaning to get to, or a book with a prologue, a story that messes about with history (or the future). Yeah, have fun with this one.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

The Postman Always Rings Twice

James M. Cain

2 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
With Any Luck by Ashley Poston

With Any Luck

The Improbable Meet-Cute #5

Ashley Poston

43 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted fast-paced
Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper Volume 1

Heartstopper #1

Alice Oseman

263 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen

249 pages • first pub 1817 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional slow-paced
Kiss the Dragon by Amberlyn Holland

Kiss the Dragon

Dragon Ever After

Amberlyn Holland

194 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp

Even If We Break

Marieke Nijkamp

7 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark mysterious 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
Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Hyperion

Hyperion Cantos #1

Dan Simmons

20 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Women

Kristin Hannah

471 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

110 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced