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17 books

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

864 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

234 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

422 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts by P. Sainath

Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts

P. Sainath

491 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction classics economics politics emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Dubliners by James Joyce

Dubliners

James Joyce

207 pages • first pub 1914 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories challenging reflective sad slow-paced
The Castle by Franz Kafka

The Castle

Franz Kafka

336 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective slow-paced
Maurice by E.M. Forster

Maurice

E.M. Forster

304 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

Our Violent Ends

Secret Shanghai Universe #2

Chloe Gong

494 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Ecofeminism by Vandana Shiva, Maria Mies

Ecofeminism

Vandana Shiva, Maria Mies

516 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction feminism nature challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg

The Climate Book

Greta Thunberg

464 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature politics science challenging informative reflective medium-paced