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12 books

Boulder by Eva Baltasar

Boulder

Eva Baltasar

105 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0dmsehnert's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

382 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0dmsehnert's review
fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Awful Rowing Toward God by Anne Sexton

The Awful Rowing Toward God

Anne Sexton

86 pages • first pub 1975 (editions) user-added

5.0dmsehnert's review
nonfiction classics feminism poetry reflective slow-paced
The Line That Held Us by David Joy

The Line That Held Us

David Joy

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0dmsehnert's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0dmsehnert's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Olio by Tyehimba Jess

Olio

Tyehimba Jess

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0dmsehnert's review
nonfiction history music poetry reflective slow-paced
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0dmsehnert's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Mao II by Don DeLillo

Mao II

Don DeLillo

256 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0dmsehnert's review
fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0dmsehnert's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

396 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0dmsehnert's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced