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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0lief_'s review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Butterfly Valley: A Requiem by Susanna Nied, Inger Christensen

Butterfly Valley: A Requiem

Susanna Nied, Inger Christensen

69 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0lief_'s review
fiction poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0lief_'s review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

422 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0lief_'s review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

1276 pages • first pub 1844 (editions)

5.0lief_'s review
fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Waves by Virginia Woolf

The Waves

Virginia Woolf

214 pages • first pub 1931 (editions)

5.0lief_'s review
fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Earthsea Quartet

Earthsea Cycle #1-4

Ursula K. Le Guin

691 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0lief_'s review
fiction classics fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings #1

J.R.R. Tolkien

527 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0lief_'s review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

To The Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

235 pages • first pub 1927 (editions)

5.0lief_'s review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

309 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0lief_'s review
nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced