Beat the Backlist 2021 - hosted by austinedecker

character has a dream scene
 if the protagonist details a dream then wakes up, you’ve got a dream scene 
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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Leslye Walton

300 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

Call Down the Hawk

Dreamer Trilogy #1

Maggie Stiefvater

472 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous slow-paced
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt

What I Loved

Siri Hustvedt

370 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer

Secret Santa

Andrew Shaffer

216 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark funny tense fast-paced
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Santa Brought A Son by Melissa McClone

Santa Brought A Son

Marrying the Boss's Daughter #4

Melissa McClone

185 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #1

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

359 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Trouble the Saints

Alaya Dawn Johnson

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

A Gathering of Shadows

Shades of Magic #2

V.E. Schwab

512 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Legend by Marie Lu

Legend

Legend #1

Marie Lu

305 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous fast-paced