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The Turn of the Screw and The Aspern Papers by Henry James

The Turn of the Screw and The Aspern Papers

Henry James

272 pages • first pub 1898 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Mauri by Sarah Bakewell

At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Mauri

Sarah Bakewell

464 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

246 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics by Fabio Parasecoli, Kosmos

Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics

Fabio Parasecoli, Kosmos

248 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

416 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

1399 pages • first pub 1869 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Hours by Michael Cunningham

The Hours

Michael Cunningham

230 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced