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40 books

The Dead Father by Donald Barthelme

The Dead Father

Donald Barthelme

192 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0roseb's review
fiction challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe

Shadow & Claw

The Book of the New Sun #1-2

Gene Wolfe

413 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0roseb's review
fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Blindsight by Peter Watts

Blindsight

Firefall #1

Peter Watts

384 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0roseb's review
fiction horror science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0roseb's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

The Wall

Marlen Haushofer

240 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0roseb's review
fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Against Nature

Joris-Karl Huysmans

242 pages • first pub 1884 (editions)

5.0roseb's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway

In Our Time

Ernest Hemingway

156 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

5.0roseb's review
fiction classics short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

George R.R. Martin

835 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0roseb's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Shelley

260 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

5.0roseb's review
fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

240 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0roseb's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced