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9 books

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

208 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0mijtje's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

216 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0mijtje's review
fiction classics horror literary mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mijtje's review
fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0mijtje's review
fiction literary thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0mijtje's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Waterschapsheuvel by Richard Adams

Waterschapsheuvel

Watership Down #1

Richard Adams

447 pages • first pub 1972 (editions) user-added

5.0mijtje's review
fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous emotional medium-paced
Wij slaven van Suriname by Anton de Kom

Wij slaven van Suriname

Anton de Kom

239 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

5.0mijtje's review
nonfiction classics history race emotional medium-paced
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra: A Life

Stacy Schiff

371 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0mijtje's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
De bekeerlinge by Stefan Hertmans

De bekeerlinge

Stefan Hertmans

318 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0mijtje's review
fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced