Tortured Poets Reading Challenge - hosted by hnsnrachel

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
A book with a dishonest/deceptive main character or a search for the truth

Eg. The Talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith; You Should Have Known - Jean Hanff Korelitz; The Spanish Love Deception - Eleanor Armas; Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
All books added
The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Festive Nights by Catriona Ward, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Elizabeth Macneal, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Bridget Collins, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Susan Stokes-Chapman, Laura Purcell, Natasha Pulley

The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Festive Nights

Catriona Ward, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Elizabeth Macneal, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Bridget Collins, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Susan Stokes-Chapman, Laura Purcell, Natasha Pulley

452 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction mystery short stories mysterious medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

Boy Parts

Eliza Clark

297 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction contemporary horror lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark tense medium-paced
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

One Dark Window

The Shepherd King #1

Rachel Gillig

421 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

The Family Game

Catherine Steadman

319 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

Five Broken Blades

The Broken Blades #1

Mai Corland

474 pages • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

House of Hollow

Krystal Sutherland

304 pages • digital • 2021

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Draco Black and the Prisoner of Nurmengard by starbrigid

Draco Black and the Prisoner of Nurmengard

The Mirror of Ecidyrue #6

starbrigid

795 pages • digital • 2020 not a book

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Long Island Compromise

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

444 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary dark emotional funny medium-paced