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11 books

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

210 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

541 pages • first pub -800 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

229 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Defenestrate by Renée Branum

Defenestrate

Renée Branum

226 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang

Organ Meats

K-Ming Chang

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
I Didn't Talk by Beatriz Bracher

I Didn't Talk

Beatriz Bracher

160 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

All My Puny Sorrows

Miriam Toews

321 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

Alan Sillitoe

176 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Catch-22 #1

Joseph Heller

453 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced
Flush by Virginia Woolf

Flush

Virginia Woolf

204 pages • first pub 1933 (editions)

fiction classics emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced