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Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Assassin's Apprentice

The Farseer Trilogy #1

Robin Hobb

400 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

653 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale

Herman Melville

720 pages • first pub 1851 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew by Ursula K. Le Guin

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

About Writing

Ursula K. Le Guin

173 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction reference reflective slow-paced
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

The Shadow of the Torturer

The Book of the New Sun #1

Gene Wolfe

276 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
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Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees

Lud-in-the-Mist

Hope Mirrlees

239 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Kingdoms of Elfin

Sylvia Townsend Warner

222 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

The Shadow of the Torturer

The Book of the New Sun #1

Gene Wolfe

276 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
A Frog in the Fall (and Later On) by Linnea Sterte

A Frog in the Fall (and Later On)

Linnea Sterte

338 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction graphic novel adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Real Life

Brandon Taylor

327 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew by Ursula K. Le Guin

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

About Writing

Ursula K. Le Guin

173 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction reference reflective slow-paced
The West Passage by Jared Pechaček

The West Passage

Jared Pechaček

370 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale

Herman Melville

720 pages • first pub 1851 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

448 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

653 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced