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27 books

Terrace Story by Hilary Leichter

Terrace Story

Hilary Leichter

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0susanhecht's review
fiction literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

Christopher Clark

697 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0susanhecht's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop

At Night All Blood Is Black

David Diop

145 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0susanhecht's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

311 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0susanhecht's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

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

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0susanhecht's review
nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Blankets by Craig Thompson

Blankets

Craig Thompson

592 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0susanhecht's review
nonfiction autobiography graphic novel memoir young adult adventurous emotional sad slow-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

240 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0susanhecht's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

496 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0susanhecht's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

837 pages • first pub 1877 (editions)

5.0susanhecht's review
fiction classics literary romance challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

Winesburg, Ohio

Sherwood Anderson

240 pages • first pub 1919 (editions)

5.0susanhecht's review
fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced