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Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

122 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction classics literary race emotional reflective tense medium-paced
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

288 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

514 pages • first pub 1861 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction classics literary mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Door by Magda Szabó

The Door

Magda Szabó

262 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

278 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Revolutionary Road

Richard Yates

355 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction classics historical literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

We Were the Mulvaneys

Joyce Carol Oates

22 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction contemporary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright

Carpentaria

Alexis Wright

480 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective slow-paced
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

The Story of a New Name

The Neapolitan Novels #2

Elena Ferrante

471 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced