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Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz

Midaq Alley

Naguib Mahfouz

304 pages • 1947 • 26 editions

fiction classics literary reflective fast-paced
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A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf

114 pages • 1929 • 431 editions

nonfiction classics essays feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
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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

237 pages • 1998 • 42 editions

nonfiction biography history reference informative slow-paced
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir by Nick Flynn

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir

Nick Flynn

357 pages • 2004 • 15 editions

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

The Passion

Jeanette Winterson

160 pages • 1987 • 50 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies #1

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

319 pages • 2009 • 87 editions

fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark funny medium-paced
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

218 pages • 1963 • 331 editions

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

Holidays on Ice

David Sedaris

176 pages • 1997 • 28 editions

fiction short stories funny lighthearted fast-paced
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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • 2005 • 113 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus #1

Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • 1986 • 30 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
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