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254 books

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

288 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0mythili's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective sad slow-paced
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

Death in Her Hands

Ottessa Moshfegh

259 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mythili's review
fiction literary mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

247 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0mythili's review
fiction horror literary magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
Chronicle of an Hour and a Half by Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari

Chronicle of an Hour and a Half

Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari

212 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0mythili's review
fiction literary dark emotional tense fast-paced
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

The Buddha in the Attic

Julie Otsuka

144 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0mythili's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Door by Magda Szabó

The Door

Magda Szabó

320 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0mythili's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai

Funny Boy

Shyam Selvadurai

306 pages • first pub 1994 (editions) user-added

5.0mythili's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Play by Edward Albee

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Play

Edward Albee

242 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0mythili's review
fiction play dark emotional tense fast-paced
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

The Book of Goose

Yiyun Li

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mythili's review
fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Sakina's Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag

Sakina's Kiss

Vivek Shanbhag

194 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mythili's review
fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced