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Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge

Strange Beasts of China

Yan Ge

232 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0freddie's review
fiction contemporary fantasy literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels

The Prettiest Star

Carter Sickels

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0freddie's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Interior Chinatown

Charles Yu

4 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0freddie's review
fiction contemporary literary funny reflective fast-paced
Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition by V.C. Andrews

Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition

Dollanganger #1

V.C. Andrews

416 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0freddie's review
fiction thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0freddie's review
fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Rice by Su Tong

Rice

Su Tong

266 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0freddie's review
nonfiction dark slow-paced
Saman by Ayu Utami

Saman

Saman #1

Ayu Utami

184 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0freddie's review
fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Bad Girls by Camila Sosa Villada

Bad Girls

Camila Sosa Villada

208 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0freddie's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

Olive, Again

Olive Kitteridge #2

Elizabeth Strout

291 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0freddie's review
fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

Notes of a Crocodile

Qiu Miaojin

242 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0freddie's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced