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Othello by William Shakespeare

Othello

William Shakespeare

368 pages • first pub 1603 (editions)

5.0abysm0's review
fiction classics play dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

246 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0abysm0's review
fiction historical short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre

178 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0abysm0's review
fiction classics philosophy challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Jonathan Haidt

448 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0abysm0's review
nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Phaedrus #1

Robert M. Pirsig

540 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0abysm0's review
fiction classics philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Laughing at Nothing: Humor as a Response to Nihilism by John Marmysz

Laughing at Nothing: Humor as a Response to Nihilism

John Marmysz

209 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0abysm0's review
nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
On Being Blue by William H. Gass

On Being Blue

William H. Gass

91 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0abysm0's review
nonfiction art essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
On the Heights of Despair by E.M. Cioran

On the Heights of Despair

E.M. Cioran

150 pages • first pub 1933 (editions)

5.0abysm0's review
nonfiction essays philosophy challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

Johnny Got His Gun

Dalton Trumbo

309 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0abysm0's review
fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

249 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

5.0abysm0's review
fiction classics play dark tense medium-paced