Backlist Bookshelf Challenge - hosted by mtownreads

A book published before the year 2000
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Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez

Cien años de soledad

Gabriel García Márquez

399 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Tropic of Orange by Karen Tei Yamashita

Tropic of Orange

Karen Tei Yamashita

264 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction magical realism challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases: Ann Rule's Crime Files, Vol. 6 by Ann Rule

A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases: Ann Rule's Crime Files, Vol. 6

Crime Files #6

Ann Rule

400 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative slow-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

311 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Country Life: A Novel by Rachel Cusk

The Country Life: A Novel

Rachel Cusk

368 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark slow-paced
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Nervous Conditions

Nervous Conditions #1

Tsitsi Dangarembga

298 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

Maud Martha

Gwendolyn Brooks

192 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction classics literary poetry reflective fast-paced
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

464 pages • first pub 1847 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance dark emotional slow-paced
Christine by Stephen King

Christine

Stephen King

644 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction horror thriller emotional slow-paced
The Lost World by Michael Crichton

The Lost World

Jurassic Park #2

Michael Crichton

393 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous fast-paced