Bettina Abarbanell

23 books

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

180 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

The Mars Room

Rachel Kushner

338 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark medium-paced
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness

237 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced
More Than This by Patrick Ness

More Than This

Patrick Ness

480 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous emotional sad slow-paced
Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson, Nancy Hoffman

Now in November

Josephine Winslow Johnson, Nancy Hoffman

288 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics historical reflective sad slow-paced
Purity by Jonathan Franzen

Purity

Jonathan Franzen

563 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Should We Stay or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver

Should We Stay or Should We Go

Lionel Shriver

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Small Fry

Lisa Brennan-Jobs

383 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

James Baldwin

496 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective slow-paced