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The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The Crimson Petal and the White

Michel Faber

835 pages • 2002 • 55 editions

fiction historical challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • 2019 • 91 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • 2018 • 178 editions

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
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Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

372 pages • 2020 • 92 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

320 pages • 2016 • 88 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

448 pages • 1938 • 339 editions

fiction classics romance thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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salt slow by Julia Armfield

salt slow

Julia Armfield

192 pages • 2019 • 14 editions

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
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Winter by Ali Smith

Seasonal Quartet #2

Winter

Ali Smith

322 pages • 2017 • 44 editions

fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

697 pages • 1878 • 1k editions

fiction classics literary romance challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

340 pages • 2018 • 10 editions

nonfiction history memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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