13 Dismal Books Referenced in A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Overview

Feel like you're a part of VFD by reading 13 books referenced in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. I hate to link to Goodreads, but the most complete list I've found is here if you need some guidance. This most-complete-list, though, is also very incomplete. Some leeway here of course (a different collection that also contains a referenced poem/story, etc). The actual books in the series are not included in this challenge! There are others for that. Have fun and read some great books!

Challenge Books

All books added
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Victor Hugo

510 pages • 1831 • 605 editions

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
Chéri by Colette

Chéri #1

Chéri

Colette

122 pages • 1920 • 33 editions

fiction classics romance emotional reflective fast-paced
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #4

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

J.K. Rowling

640 pages • 2000 • 785 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Orlando

Virginia Woolf

272 pages • 1928 • 352 editions

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

505 pages • 2002 • 192 editions

fiction contemporary literary magical realism adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

329 pages • 1857 • 916 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

7h 6m • 1925 • 500 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Vane Sisters by Vladimir Nabokov
The Vane Sisters
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Vladimir Nabokov

The Vane Sisters

Vladimir Nabokov

23 pages • 1951 • 1 edition

fiction classics
The Plague by Albert Camus

The Plague

Albert Camus

308 pages • 1947 • 260 editions

fiction classics literary dark reflective slow-paced
The Best of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash

The Best of Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash

465 pages • 2007 • 2 editions

nonfiction poetry funny reflective fast-paced