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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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Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy

Scorched Grace

A Sister Holiday Mystery #1

Margot Douaihy

310 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson

The House on the Borderland

William Hope Hodgson

156 pages • first pub 1908 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

The Unspoken Name

The Serpent Gates #1

A.K. Larkwood

464 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous medium-paced
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The God of the Woods

Liz Moore

478 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles by Andrew Ziminski

Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles

Andrew Ziminski

401 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history religion medium-paced
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

366 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

301 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., Shane Hawk

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

310 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

John M. Barry

546 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced