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Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

190 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0blurstoftimes's review
fiction classics literary young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville

Bartleby the Scrivener

Herman Melville

64 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)

5.0blurstoftimes's review
fiction classics contemporary short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg

Howl and Other Poems

Allen Ginsberg

56 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0blurstoftimes's review
fiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States by Maya Schenwar

Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States

Maya Schenwar

224 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0blurstoftimes's review
nonfiction politics race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0blurstoftimes's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

246 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0blurstoftimes's review
fiction historical short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0blurstoftimes's review
fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis #1-4

Marjane Satrapi

153 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0blurstoftimes's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language by Eva Hoffman

Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language

Eva Hoffman

280 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0blurstoftimes's review
nonfiction biography memoir informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Rewriting: How To Do Things With Texts by Joseph Harris

Rewriting: How To Do Things With Texts

Joseph Harris

150 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0blurstoftimes's review
nonfiction education challenging informative reflective slow-paced