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17 books

Chekhov's Selected Stories by Anton Chekhov

Chekhov's Selected Stories

Anton Chekhov

192 pages • first pub 1903 (editions)

5.0barbz's review
fiction classics short stories reflective sad slow-paced
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

149 pages • first pub 1774 (editions)

5.0barbz's review
fiction classics romance dark emotional sad slow-paced
At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop

At Night All Blood is Black

David Diop

2 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0barbz's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

32 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0barbz's review
fiction classics fantasy science fiction short stories dark reflective fast-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

6 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0barbz's review
fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya

I'm Afraid of Men

Vivek Shraya

85 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0barbz's review
nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

213 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0barbz's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced