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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy

351 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0troysennett's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Speaker for the Dead

Ender's Saga #2

Orson Scott Card

304 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0troysennett's review
fiction science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

288 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0troysennett's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre

Existentialism Is a Humanism

Jean-Paul Sartre

108 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0troysennett's review
nonfiction classics philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Joyland by Stephen King

Joyland

Stephen King

283 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0troysennett's review
fiction horror mystery thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Neverwhere

London Below #1

Neil Gaiman

370 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0troysennett's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich

The Dream of a Common Language

Adrienne Rich

77 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0troysennett's review
nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

288 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0troysennett's review
nonfiction memoir reference informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges

Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings

Jorge Luis Borges

256 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0troysennett's review
fiction classics essays short stories reflective slow-paced
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

416 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0troysennett's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced