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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

William Styron

84 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0jessicacalkins's review
nonfiction biography memoir psychology challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

3.75jessicacalkins's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Parkinson's Primer: An Indispensable Guide to Parkinson's Disease for Patients and Their Families by John M. Vine

A Parkinson's Primer: An Indispensable Guide to Parkinson's Disease for Patients and Their Families

John M. Vine

150 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jessicacalkins's review
nonfiction biography health memoir reference emotional informative medium-paced
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jessicacalkins's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

287 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

4.0jessicacalkins's review
fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness

226 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jessicacalkins's review
fiction fantasy young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced
You Like It Darker by Stephen King

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

502 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.25jessicacalkins's review
fiction horror short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

2.5jessicacalkins's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jessicacalkins's review
fiction literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery by Catherine Gildiner

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

Catherine Gildiner

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.5jessicacalkins's review
nonfiction psychology challenging emotional sad medium-paced