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The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

missing page info • first pub 1929 (editions) user-added

5.0brendamn's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark sad slow-paced
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy

L.A. Confidential

L.A. Quartet #3

James Ellroy

439 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake

MaddAddam #1

Margaret Atwood

400 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

470 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
nonfiction classics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

234 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Five People You Meet in Heaven #1

Mitch Albom

196 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction contemporary reflective medium-paced
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

438 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

58 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction classics philosophy inspiring reflective medium-paced
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy

351 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced