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The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy

The Crossing

The Border Trilogy #2

Cormac McCarthy

432 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0jjupille's review
fiction historical literary reflective slow-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. I, My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. I, My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0jjupille's review
nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy: Third Edition by Joseph A. Schumpeter

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy: Third Edition

Joseph A. Schumpeter

431 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0jjupille's review
nonfiction economics philosophy politics challenging informative slow-paced
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Bois Sauvage #3

Jesmyn Ward

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jjupille's review
fiction literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

105 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

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fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

190 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

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fiction classics literary young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

268 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

5.0jjupille's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

455 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0jjupille's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

480 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

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fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

144 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

5.0jjupille's review
fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious medium-paced