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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0porgyreads's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

Our Share of Night

Mariana Enríquez

736 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0porgyreads's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Parade by Rachel Cusk

Parade

Rachel Cusk

208 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0porgyreads's review
fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness by Simone Browne

Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness

Simone Browne

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0porgyreads's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Penance by Eliza Clark

Penance

Eliza Clark

434 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0porgyreads's review
fiction contemporary crime dark tense medium-paced
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid

Annie John

Jamaica Kincaid

148 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0porgyreads's review
fiction classics literary young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

The Traitor Baru Cormorant

The Masquerade #1

Seth Dickinson

399 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0porgyreads's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Having and Being Had by Eula Biss

Having and Being Had

Eula Biss

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0porgyreads's review
nonfiction essays politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

527 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0porgyreads's review
fiction fantasy dark emotional tense medium-paced
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

The Neapolitan Novels #3

Elena Ferrante

418 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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