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The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

480 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

Adulthood Rites

Xenogenesis #2

Octavia E. Butler

277 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Heartless by Leah Rhyne

Heartless

Leah Rhyne

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction horror young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

601 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear

Medusa's Sisters

Lauren J.A. Bear

354 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book by Courtney Maum

Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book

Courtney Maum

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction business funny informative medium-paced
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Swami Satchidananda, Patañjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Swami Satchidananda, Patañjali

252 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
The Persephone Book of Short Stories by Penelope Fitzgerald, Irène Némirovsky, Shirley Jackson, Malachi Whitaker, Pauline Smith, Norah Hoult, Edith Wharton, Margaret Bonham, Susan Glaspell, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Georgina Hammick, Helen R. Hull, Dorothy Parker, Angelica Gibbs, Mollie Panter-Downes, Phyllis Bentley, Katherine Mansfield, Kay Boyle, Elizabeth Spencer, Penelope Mortimer, Elizabeth Berridge, Diana Athill, E.M. Delafield, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Frances Towers, Betty Miller, Diana Gardner, Dorothy Whipple

The Persephone Book of Short Stories

Penelope Fitzgerald, Irène Némirovsky, Shirley Jackson, Malachi Whitaker, Pauline Smith, Norah Hoult, Edith Wharton, Margaret Bonham, Susan Glaspell, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Georgina Hammick, Helen R. Hull, Dorothy Parker, Angelica Gibbs, Mollie Panter-Downes, Phyllis Bentley, Katherine Mansfield, Kay Boyle, Elizabeth Spencer, Penelope Mortimer, Elizabeth Berridge, Diana Athill, E.M. Delafield, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Frances Towers, Betty Miller, Diana Gardner, Dorothy Whipple

477 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging informative slow-paced
A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

A Half-Built Garden

Ruthanna Emrys

340 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

327 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
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