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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

226 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional medium-paced
Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Still Alice

Lisa Genova

362 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction contemporary emotional sad medium-paced
Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghue

Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature

Emma Donoghue

288 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observations on Not Fitting In by Paisley Rekdal

The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observations on Not Fitting In

Paisley Rekdal

224 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
nonfiction essays memoir short stories challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue

The Lotterys Plus One

The Lotterys #1

Emma Donoghue

missing page info • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction childrens lgbtqia+ middle grade adventurous medium-paced
Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends by Mike Norton, Tim Seeley, Mark Englert

Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends

Revival #1

Mike Norton, Tim Seeley, Mark Englert

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction crime graphic novel horror mystery mysterious reflective fast-paced
Blaze by Richard Bachman

Blaze

Richard Bachman

336 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction horror thriller dark sad tense medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

379 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Road Rage by Joe Hill, Stephen King, Richard Matheson

Road Rage

Joe Hill, Stephen King, Richard Matheson

120 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction comics horror dark fast-paced
Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren

Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives

PostSecret

Frank Warren

278 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
nonfiction art memoir funny informative fast-paced