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230 books

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

342 pages • 2023 • 22 editions

fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque

304 pages • 1928 • 242 editions

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • 1974 • 86 editions

fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
A Cowardly Woman No More by Ellen Cooney

A Cowardly Woman No More

Ellen Cooney

232 pages • 2023 • 2 editions

fiction contemporary reflective tense slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

Maus #1-2

The Complete Maus

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • 1986 • 98 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker

October in the Earth

Olivia Hawker

310 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

fiction historical adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 by Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson

American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15

Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson

473 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

nonfiction history dark informative sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

213 pages • 2019 • 93 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

The House of Doors

Tan Twan Eng

320 pages • 2023 • 20 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Suffering by M.J. Mars

The Suffering

M.J. Mars

328 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review