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The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

The Shadow of the Torturer

The Book of the New Sun #1

Gene Wolfe

262 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0lanster's review
fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

All the Pretty Horses

The Border Trilogy #1

Cormac McCarthy

309 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0lanster's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional slow-paced
Ice by Anna Kavan

Ice

Anna Kavan

158 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0lanster's review
fiction literary science fiction challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Central Station by Lavie Tidhar

Central Station

Lavie Tidhar

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0lanster's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Human Acts by Han Kang

Human Acts

Han Kang

218 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0lanster's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Miner by Natsume Sōseki

The Miner

Natsume Sōseki

189 pages • first pub 1908 (editions)

5.0lanster's review
fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced