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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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The Devil's Historians: How Modern Extremists Abuse the Medieval Past by Paul B. Sturtevant, Amy S. Kaufman

The Devil's Historians: How Modern Extremists Abuse the Medieval Past

Amy S. Kaufman, Paul B. Sturtevant

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

The Artist's Way

Julia Cameron

237 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction art self help informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Gunslinger by Stephen King

The Gunslinger

The Dark Tower #1

Stephen King

231 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Temeraire by Naomi Novik

Temeraire

Temeraire #1

Naomi Novik

342 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous medium-paced
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Mists of Avalon

Avalon #1

Marion Zimmer Bradley

912 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark slow-paced
Nicked by M.T. Anderson

Nicked

M.T. Anderson

220 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous funny medium-paced
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

509 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

The Singing Hills Cycle #1

Nghi Vo

121 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe

The Book of Margery Kempe

Margery Kempe

328 pages • first pub 1438 (editions)

nonfiction classics history reflective slow-paced
What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy by Thomas Nagel

What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy

Thomas Nagel

112 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced