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Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

Thomas Cromwell #2

Hilary Mantel

406 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional medium-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

604 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Coco Mellors

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

112 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

Undercover Bromance

Bromance Book Club #2

Lyssa Kay Adams

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Penance by Eliza Clark

Penance

Eliza Clark

434 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime dark tense medium-paced
White Teeth by Zadie Smith

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

448 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary funny reflective slow-paced
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

5 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary young adult adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
Babel, an Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

Babel, an Arcane History

R.F. Kuang

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced