Decade 5

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The Death of Ivan Ilych
Leo Tolstoy with رضی هیرمند (Translator), Aylmer Maude (Translator), Ευγενία Ζήκου (Translator)

88 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced

The Death of Ivan Ilych

Leo Tolstoy with رضی هیرمند (Translator), Aylmer Maude (Translator), Ευγενία Ζήκου (Translator)

88 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced

The Summer Book
Tove Jansson with Thomas Teal (Translator), Kathryn Davis (Contributor)

182 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

The Summer Book

Tove Jansson with Thomas Teal (Translator), Kathryn Davis (Contributor)

182 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

The Secret Lives of the Four Wives by Lola Shoneyin

The Secret Lives of the Four Wives
Lola Shoneyin

280 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced

The Secret Lives of the Four Wives

Lola Shoneyin

280 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced

Sula
Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson with Thomas Ott (Illustrator), Jonathan Lethem (Contributor)

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson with Thomas Ott (Illustrator), Jonathan Lethem (Contributor)

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced

Tar Baby
Toni Morrison

306 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Tar Baby

Toni Morrison

306 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Nightwood
Djuna Barnes with Jeanette Winterson, T.S. Eliot

182 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Nightwood

Djuna Barnes with Jeanette Winterson, T.S. Eliot

182 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Walter Rodney with Angela Y. Davis (Contributor)

416 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Walter Rodney with Angela Y. Davis (Contributor)

416 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced

Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak with Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)

675 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak with Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)

675 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced

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