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19 books

A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir

A Very Easy Death

Simone de Beauvoir

128 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

5.0pink_lobster's review
nonfiction memoir philosophy emotional reflective slow-paced
Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen

Anthem For Doomed Youth

Wilfred Owen

64 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0pink_lobster's review
nonfiction classics poetry dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

208 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

5.0pink_lobster's review
fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

Max Porter

114 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0pink_lobster's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

304 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0pink_lobster's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Shy by Max Porter

Shy

Max Porter

122 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0pink_lobster's review
fiction literary dark emotional sad fast-paced
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

464 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0pink_lobster's review
nonfiction biography feminism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Names of the Women by Jeet Thayil

Names of the Women

Jeet Thayil

192 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0pink_lobster's review
fiction historical literary informative mysterious tense medium-paced
What Happens at Night by Peter Cameron

What Happens at Night

Peter Cameron

249 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0pink_lobster's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery dark mysterious sad medium-paced
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

183 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0pink_lobster's review
fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced