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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe

48 pages • first pub 1843 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Come Rain or Come Shine by Kazuo Ishiguro

Come Rain or Come Shine

Kazuo Ishiguro

76 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

80 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays poetry inspiring reflective fast-paced
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

331 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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The Gulag Archipelago, Complete edition by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Paul Davis

The Gulag Archipelago, Complete edition

The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-7

Paul Davis, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

missing page info • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction classics history dark reflective tense slow-paced
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

32 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy science fiction short stories dark reflective fast-paced
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

The Lottery

Shirley Jackson

32 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

All Summer in a Day

Ray Bradbury

4 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

Ken Liu

450 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories speculative fiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado

245 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez

Things We Lost in the Fire

Mariana Enríquez

202 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction horror magical realism short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Crackpot: The Obsessions of by John Waters

Crackpot: The Obsessions of

John Waters

224 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction essays funny lighthearted slow-paced
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

136 pages • first pub 1899 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

The Blade Itself

The First Law #1

Joe Abercrombie

609 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

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