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The Great Unknowable End by Kathryn Ormsbee

The Great Unknowable End

Kathryn Ormsbee

387 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0varo's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional mysterious slow-paced
Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Wizard of the Crow

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

768 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0varo's review
fiction fantasy magical realism funny reflective slow-paced
The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights by Cameron Dokey

The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights

Once Upon a Time #1

Cameron Dokey

221 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0varo's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous fast-paced
Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner

Bones of Faerie

Bones of Faerie #1

Janni Lee Simner

247 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0varo's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced
A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland

A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares

Krystal Sutherland

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0varo's review
fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny slow-paced
A Million Junes by Emily Henry

A Million Junes

Emily Henry

400 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0varo's review
fiction magical realism romance young adult emotional funny slow-paced
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

36 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0varo's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious slow-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0varo's review
fiction classics horror literary mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

709 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0varo's review
fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

444 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0varo's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced