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Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

411 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0ellist's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

ねじまき鳥クロニクル / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle #1-3

Haruki Murakami

607 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0ellist's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

A Canticle for Leibowitz

St. Leibowitz #1

Walter M. Miller Jr.

334 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0ellist's review
fiction classics science fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced
On the Beach by Nevil Shute

On the Beach

Nevil Shute

296 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

5.0ellist's review
fiction classics science fiction dark emotional sad slow-paced
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Robert Macfarlane

488 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ellist's review
nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game

Ender's Saga #1

Orson Scott Card

352 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0ellist's review
fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ellist's review
nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy by Talia Lavin

Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

Talia Lavin

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0ellist's review
nonfiction politics race technology reflective slow-paced
In the Distance by Hernán Díaz

In the Distance

Hernán Díaz

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0ellist's review
fiction historical literary adventurous reflective slow-paced
Stranger to the Moon by Evelio Rosero

Stranger to the Moon

Evelio Rosero

96 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0ellist's review
fiction dystopian challenging dark reflective medium-paced