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Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

Our Wives Under The Sea

Julia Armfield

232 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0cassbarker's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary science fiction dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

Notes of a Crocodile

Qiu Miaojin

242 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0cassbarker's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0cassbarker's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

123 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0cassbarker's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante

188 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0cassbarker's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0cassbarker's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced