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The Wrong Goodbye by Chris Holm, Chris F. Holm

The Collector #2

The Wrong Goodbye

Chris Holm, Chris F. Holm

400 pages • 2012 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced
5.0 essjay's review
James Acaster's Classic Scrapes by James Acaster

James Acaster's Classic Scrapes

James Acaster

320 pages • 2017 • 6 editions

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
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The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The Deep

Rivers Solomon

166 pages • 2019 • 26 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ speculative fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 essjay's review
Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Zone One

Colson Whitehead

219 pages • 2010 • 26 editions

fiction horror literary science fiction dark tense slow-paced
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The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Broken Earth #1

The Fifth Season

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • 2015 • 109 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
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Severance by Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma

291 pages • 2018 • 27 editions

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective medium-paced
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The Little Vampire by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg

Der kleine Vampir #1

The Little Vampire

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg

168 pages • 1979 • 28 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade lighthearted slow-paced
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Süskind

263 pages • 1985 • 373 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark mysterious medium-paced
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The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers

Zamonien #4

The City of Dreaming Books

Walter Moers

461 pages • 2004 • 46 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #0

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

277 pages • 1937 • 1.1k editions

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
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