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Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

144 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0jorie_lm's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jorie_lm's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

460 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0jorie_lm's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer

368 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jorie_lm's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

540 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0jorie_lm's review
fiction literary science fiction emotional sad medium-paced
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

226 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0jorie_lm's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional medium-paced
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

545 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0jorie_lm's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

340 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0jorie_lm's review
fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

307 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0jorie_lm's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

592 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jorie_lm's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced