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Crimă și pedeapsă by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crimă și pedeapsă

Fyodor Dostoevsky

632 pages • first pub 1866 (editions) user-added

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
Faust by Philip Wayne, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

Goethe's Faust #1-2

Philip Wayne, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

468 pages • first pub 1808 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics play poetry adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
The Essential Kafka: The Castle; The Trial; Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka

The Essential Kafka: The Castle; The Trial; Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Franz Kafka

640 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics short stories reflective sad slow-paced
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

170 pages • first pub 1818 (editions) user-added

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare

120 pages • first pub 1595 (editions) user-added

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics play funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why by Richard Nisbett

The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why

Richard Nisbett

288 pages • first pub 2003 (editions) user-added

5.0elmira's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective slow-paced
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change by Jared Diamond

Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change

Civilizations Rise and Fall #3

Jared Diamond

500 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
nonfiction history politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Maestrul și Margareta by Mikhail Bulgakov

Maestrul și Margareta

Mikhail Bulgakov

596 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Oamenii mării by Victor Hugo

Oamenii mării

Victor Hugo

384 pages • first pub 1866 (editions) user-added

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics dark slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced