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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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King Arthur's Death: Morte Arthure and Le Morte Arthur by Unknown, Brian Stone

King Arthur's Death: Morte Arthure and Le Morte Arthur

Unknown, Brian Stone

320 pages • first pub 1400 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous informative medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Over Sea, Under Stone

The Dark Is Rising #1

Susan Cooper

196 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race, & Class

Angela Y. Davis

271 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics race sociology challenging informative medium-paced
A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland

A Sweet Sting of Salt

Rose Sutherland

342 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe by Michael Pye

The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe

Michael Pye

394 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
Sunless Solstice. Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights by British Library

Sunless Solstice. Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights

British Library

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror short stories adventurous reflective medium-paced
Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac

Lost Illusions

La Comédie Humaine #38

Honoré de Balzac

656 pages • first pub 1837 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Mouthing by Orla Mackey

Mouthing

Orla Mackey

243 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary medium-paced
White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link

White Cat, Black Dog

Kelly Link

260 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy literary short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced