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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

317 pages • 1955 • 361 editions

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
4.5 jakej's review
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #1

The Fellowship of the Ring

J.R.R. Tolkien

407 pages • 1954 • 616 editions

fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
4.0 jakej's review
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

Peter Elkind, Bethany McLean

480 pages • 2003 • 12 editions

nonfiction business true crime informative medium-paced
4.0 jakej's review
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Southern Reach #1

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

195 pages • 2014 • 88 editions

fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

The Book of the New Sun #1

The Shadow of the Torturer

Gene Wolfe

262 pages • 1980 • 32 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

242 pages • 1998 • 42 editions

nonfiction biography history reference informative slow-paced
4.0 jakej's review
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny

296 pages • 1967 • 35 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
5.0 jakej's review
Oblivion: Stories by David Foster Wallace

Oblivion: Stories

David Foster Wallace

330 pages • 2004 • 16 editions

fiction short stories challenging dark reflective slow-paced
5.0 jakej's review
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver by Arthur Allen

Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver

Arthur Allen

523 pages • 2007 • 2 editions

nonfiction health history science challenging informative slow-paced
5.0 jakej's review
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer

Terra Ignota #2

Seven Surrenders

Ada Palmer

368 pages • 2017 • 16 editions

fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
4.5 jakej's review