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141 books

Ghost Story by Peter Straub

Ghost Story

Peter Straub

528 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0travis_d_johnson's review
fiction horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale

Herman Melville

654 pages • first pub 1851 (editions)

5.0travis_d_johnson's review
fiction classics literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

283 pages • first pub 1850 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark reflective slow-paced
The Case Against Satan by Ray Russell

The Case Against Satan

Ray Russell

160 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0travis_d_johnson's review
fiction classics horror dark mysterious medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0travis_d_johnson's review
fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

284 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0travis_d_johnson's review
fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

Flannery O'Connor

265 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0travis_d_johnson's review
fiction classics short stories challenging dark fast-paced
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe

The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

1040 pages • first pub 1849 (editions)

5.0travis_d_johnson's review
fiction classics horror poetry dark mysterious tense medium-paced
John the Balladeer by Stephen Hickman, Karl Edward Wagner, Manly Wade Wellman, David Drake

John the Balladeer

Silver John

Stephen Hickman, Karl Edward Wagner, Manly Wade Wellman, David Drake

262 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0travis_d_johnson's review
fiction fantasy horror short stories adventurous medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0travis_d_johnson's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced