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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

320 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
fiction classics literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

532 pages • first pub 1847 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
fiction classics literary romance dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

109 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

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nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

216 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

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fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

Gloria E. Anzaldúa

260 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

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nonfiction essays feminism poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

558 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson

Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

Benedict Anderson

224 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

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nonfiction history politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

A Clash of Kings

A Song of Ice and Fire #2

George R.R. Martin

784 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Slothlove by Sam Trull

Slothlove

Sam Trull

96 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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nonfiction nature funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

438 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced