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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

184 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

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fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

215 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

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fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

310 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

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fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

215 pages • first pub 1915 (editions)

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fiction classics literary magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

284 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

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fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1178 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

5.0vesper_reads's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

352 pages • first pub 1892 (editions)

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fiction classics short stories dark reflective slow-paced
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love / Beginners (A Vintage Short) by Raymond Carver

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love / Beginners (A Vintage Short)

Raymond Carver

47 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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fiction classics short stories reflective medium-paced
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903 by Lawrence Goldstone

Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903

Lawrence Goldstone

252 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced