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Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

Notes of a Crocodile

Qiu Miaojin

242 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0exarchic's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

535 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0exarchic's review
nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation

Southern Reach #1

Jeff VanderMeer

195 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0exarchic's review
fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Farewell to My Concubine by Lilian Lee

Farewell to My Concubine

Lilian Lee

255 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0exarchic's review
fiction classics historical romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Berserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura

Berserk, Vol. 1

ベルセルク / Berserk #1

Kentaro Miura

224 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0exarchic's review
fiction fantasy manga adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0exarchic's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced