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17 books

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

How to Kill Your Family

Bella Mackie

355 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0balderdash's review
fiction contemporary crime dark funny tense fast-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

584 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0balderdash's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

517 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0balderdash's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

546 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0balderdash's review
fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Five People You Meet in Heaven #1

Mitch Albom

229 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0balderdash's review
fiction contemporary reflective medium-paced
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

448 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0balderdash's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

228 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0balderdash's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0balderdash's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

232 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0balderdash's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0balderdash's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced