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A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

A Touch of Darkness

Hades x Persephone Saga #1

Scarlett St. Clair

409 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central by Christine Pelisek

The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central

Christine Pelisek

325 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative slow-paced
The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly

The Golden Doves

Martha Hall Kelly

528 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction historical dark informative tense medium-paced
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

160 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction literary emotional reflective fast-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Cut by Patricia McCormick

Cut

Patricia McCormick

151 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

You Shouldn't Have Come Here

Jeneva Rose

292 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Women

Kristin Hannah

471 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps by Heinz Heger

The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps

Heinz Heger

120 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ memoir dark informative sad fast-paced