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13 books

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0alf_read's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0alf_read's review
fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky

80 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

5.0alf_read's review
fiction classics romance emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

Valley of the Dolls

Jacqueline Susann

442 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0alf_read's review
fiction classics contemporary romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0alf_read's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

5 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 1866 (editions)

5.0alf_read's review
fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

281 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0alf_read's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0alf_read's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

394 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0alf_read's review
fiction classics contemporary challenging funny medium-paced
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

529 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0alf_read's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced