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Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

Kazuo Ishiguro

221 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary music short stories reflective medium-paced
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

These Violent Delights

Secret Shanghai Universe #1

Chloe Gong

449 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

234 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

188 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy literary adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
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The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal by Desmond Morris

The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal

Desmond Morris

320 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century by Frank Dikötter

How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

Frank Dikötter

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology informative fast-paced
Like Being Killed by Ellen Miller

Like Being Killed

Ellen Miller

352 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction dark slow-paced
The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution by Dan Hicks

The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution

Dan Hicks

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction art history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Museum: Behind the Scenes at the British Museum by Rupert Smith, Neil MacGregor

The Museum: Behind the Scenes at the British Museum

Rupert Smith, Neil MacGregor

192 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative medium-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
'tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford

'tis Pity She's a Whore

John Ford

166 pages • first pub 1633 (editions)

fiction classics play sad fast-paced
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Michael J. Sandel

308 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

112 pages • first pub 1872 (editions)

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense slow-paced