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Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son

Richard Wright

480 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction classics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

The Little Stranger

Sarah Waters

501 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier

Frenchman's Creek

Daphne du Maurier

260 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

fiction classics historical romance adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

280 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark

168 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction classics literary funny reflective medium-paced
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor

If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

Jon McGregor

288 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak

The Architect's Apprentice

Elif Shafak

464 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

My Absolute Darling

Gabriel Tallent

417 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

317 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced