2024 Reading Glasses Challenge! - hosted by marcg789

Activity: Choose 10 Books That Show Who You Are Now
As we get older and have more experiences our reading tastes may change. Choose 10 books that you consider show your identity/show who you are today. 
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Shelley

290 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Altar Within: A Radical Devotional Guide to Liberate the Divine Self by Juliet Diaz

The Altar Within: A Radical Devotional Guide to Liberate the Divine Self

Juliet Diaz

231 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction reference emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Difficult Loves by Italo Calvino

Difficult Loves

Italo Calvino

300 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

320 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

Colin Dickey

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history dark slow-paced
Only The Stains Remain by Ross Jeffery

Only The Stains Remain

Ross Jeffery

136 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror dark emotional sad fast-paced
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

There Will Come Soft Rains

Ray Bradbury

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Curt Gentry, Vincent Bugliosi

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Curt Gentry, Vincent Bugliosi

687 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

216 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced