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Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn

Dogeaters

Jessica Hagedorn

251 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0dessuarez's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Furrows by Namwali Serpell

The Furrows

Namwali Serpell

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0dessuarez's review
fiction literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Breathing: Chaos and Poetry by Franco "Bifo" Berardi

Breathing: Chaos and Poetry

Franco "Bifo" Berardi

160 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0dessuarez's review
nonfiction philosophy poetry politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

294 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0dessuarez's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Heroes: Mass Murder and Suicide by Franco "Bifo" Berardi

Heroes: Mass Murder and Suicide

Futures #3

Franco "Bifo" Berardi

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0dessuarez's review
nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Last Time I Saw Mother by Arlene J. Chai

The Last Time I Saw Mother

Arlene J. Chai

352 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0dessuarez's review
fiction contemporary historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Antigonick by Sophocles

Antigonick

Sophocles

180 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0dessuarez's review
fiction classics play poetry challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

158 pages • first pub 1864 (editions)

5.0dessuarez's review
fiction classics philosophy challenging dark reflective slow-paced
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

12 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0dessuarez's review
fiction literary thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman

The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul

Eleanor Herman

10 hours, 31 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0dessuarez's review
nonfiction history science true crime challenging informative medium-paced