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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0benedettal's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Queens of Themiscyra by Hannah Lynn

Queens of Themiscyra

The Grecian Women Trilogy #3

Hannah Lynn

429 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0benedettal's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

288 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

5.0benedettal's review
fiction classics emotional sad slow-paced
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

189 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

5.0benedettal's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective slow-paced
Arcadian Days: Gods, Women and Men from Greek Myth - From the Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction: Gods, Women and Men from Greek Myth by John Spurling

Arcadian Days: Gods, Women and Men from Greek Myth - From the Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction: Gods, Women and Men from Greek Myth

John Spurling

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0benedettal's review
fiction fantasy historical short stories adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Arcadian Nights: The Greek Myths Reimagined by John Spurling

Arcadian Nights: The Greek Myths Reimagined

John Spurling

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0benedettal's review
fiction historical short stories adventurous emotional slow-paced
Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald

Save Me the Waltz

Zelda Fitzgerald

225 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

5.0benedettal's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh

289 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0benedettal's review
fiction contemporary literary dark reflective slow-paced
The Aeneid by Virgil

The Aeneid

Virgil

464 pages • first pub -19 (editions)

5.0benedettal's review
fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging medium-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

541 pages • first pub -800 (editions)

5.0benedettal's review
fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced