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19 books

Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0alexander_'s review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

118 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alexander_'s review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan

Brotherless Night

V.V. Ganeshananthan

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alexander_'s review
fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0alexander_'s review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Autumn Rounds by Jacques Poulin

Autumn Rounds

Jacques Poulin

198 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0alexander_'s review
fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alexander_'s review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alexander_'s review
fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

320 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0alexander_'s review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

180 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

5.0alexander_'s review
fiction classics literary reflective medium-paced
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes

In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes

224 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0alexander_'s review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced