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Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

Northern Lights

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

399 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

The Blade Itself

The First Law #1

Joe Abercrombie

536 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

720 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

pugli's explanation
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Entranced by the Basilisks by Lillian Lark

Entranced by the Basilisks

Monstrous Matches #3

Lillian Lark

370 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

pugli's explanation
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

The Book Eaters

Sunyi Dean

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Frankenstein (Wordsworth Collector's Editions) by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein (Wordsworth Collector's Editions)

Mary Shelley

224 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Shock by Marc Raabe

The Shock

Marc Raabe

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

pugli's explanation
fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

pugli's explanation
fiction literary thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

A Clash of Kings

A Song of Ice and Fire #2

George R.R. Martin

784 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

pugli's explanation
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced