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The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

295 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0redcapediver's review
fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

Poor Things

Alasdair Gray

317 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0redcapediver's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark funny medium-paced
McGrotty and Ludmilla by Alasdair Gray

McGrotty and Ludmilla

Alasdair Gray

144 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0redcapediver's review
fiction fantasy dark funny lighthearted fast-paced
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

257 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

5.0redcapediver's review
fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

Acceptance

Southern Reach #3

Jeff VanderMeer

341 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0redcapediver's review
fiction horror science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Stranger
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Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

154 pages • first pub 1942 (editions) user-added

5.0redcapediver's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0redcapediver's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

241 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0redcapediver's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther by Jeffrey Haas

The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther

Jeffrey Haas

376 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0redcapediver's review
nonfiction history politics race dark informative fast-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

658 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0redcapediver's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced