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Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys

Voyage in the Dark

Jean Rhys

176 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

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fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

12 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Endgame by Samuel Beckett

Endgame

Samuel Beckett

80 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

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fiction classics play dark reflective slow-paced
The Widow Couderc by Georges Simenon

The Widow Couderc

Georges Simenon

192 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

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fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Fall by Albert Camus

The Fall

Albert Camus

112 pages • first pub 1956 (editions) user-added

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fiction classics philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Tom Stoppard

118 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

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fiction classics play challenging dark funny slow-paced
The Albertine Workout by Anne Carson

The Albertine Workout

New Directions Poetry Pamphlets #13

Anne Carson

38 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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nonfiction essays poetry reflective slow-paced
Sleep of Memory by Patrick Modiano

Sleep of Memory

Patrick Modiano

124 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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fiction reflective slow-paced
Dubliners by James Joyce

Dubliners

James Joyce

207 pages • first pub 1914 (editions)

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fiction classics literary short stories challenging reflective sad slow-paced
Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann

Things Are Against Us

Lucy Ellmann

170 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction essays feminism challenging funny reflective medium-paced