Studio Ghibli Inspired Reading Challenge 👒🍵⛰️ - hosted by alisylvi

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
"Why do fireflies have to die so soon?"

This heart-wrenching story follows the two siblings Seita and Setsuko as they struggle to survive on the eve of second world war's Japan. Read a book about civilians in times of war.
 
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Adressat Unbekannt by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Adressat Unbekannt

Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

80 pages • paperback • 1938

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
In Memoriam by Alice Winn

In Memoriam

Alice Winn

379 pages • digital • 2023

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
Slash and Burn by Claudia Hernández

Slash and Burn

Claudia Hernández

352 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary literary emotional medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

105 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

Erich Maria Remarque

295 pages • paperback • 1928

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

Katherine Arden

394 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
City of Thieves by David Benioff

City of Thieves

David Benioff

258 pages • hardcover • 2008

fiction historical emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced
Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel by Andrew Donkin, Ruta Sepetys

Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel

Andrew Donkin, Ruta Sepetys

160 pages • paperback • 2021

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How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee

How We Disappeared

Jing-Jing Lee

352 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
What Cannot Be Said by C.S. Harris

What Cannot Be Said

Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery #19

C.S. Harris

352 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical mystery mysterious medium-paced