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25 books

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Bear and the Nightingale

Winternight Trilogy #1

Katherine Arden

347 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kmcgowan12's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Tales from the Café

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kmcgowan12's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

336 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0kmcgowan12's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas D. Kristof

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas D. Kristof

294 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0kmcgowan12's review
nonfiction feminism dark emotional informative fast-paced
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes

163 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0kmcgowan12's review
fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

304 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0kmcgowan12's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad

The Bookseller of Kabul

Åsne Seierstad

320 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0kmcgowan12's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional slow-paced
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen

122 pages • first pub 1879 (editions)

5.0kmcgowan12's review
fiction classics play reflective medium-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0kmcgowan12's review
fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0kmcgowan12's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced