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The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1178 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

5.0vismund's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Gravity's Rainbow

Thomas Pynchon

902 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0vismund's review
fiction historical speculative fiction challenging slow-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

709 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0vismund's review
fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

1079 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0vismund's review
fiction literary challenging funny sad slow-paced
War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier by Smedley D. Butler

War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

Smedley D. Butler

80 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

5.0vismund's review
nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov

248 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0vismund's review
fiction classics literary poetry challenging mysterious slow-paced
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges

Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

Chris Hedges

302 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0vismund's review
nonfiction comics economics history politics challenging reflective slow-paced
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

338 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0vismund's review
fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy

364 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0vismund's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter #7

J.K. Rowling

607 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0vismund's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced