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143 books

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

448 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0oliviamandola's review
fiction classics romance thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0oliviamandola's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

Stephen King

128 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0oliviamandola's review
fiction horror thriller dark tense medium-paced
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

333 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0oliviamandola's review
fiction dystopian literary adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

The Story of a New Name

The Neapolitan Novels #2

Elena Ferrante

471 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0oliviamandola's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

169 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0oliviamandola's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0oliviamandola's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0oliviamandola's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0oliviamandola's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0oliviamandola's review
fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced