Alyssa Bresnahan

76 books

Into the Forest by Jean Hegland

Into the Forest

Jean Hegland

193 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Just Ella

The Palace Chronicles #1

Margaret Peterson Haddix

208 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy young adult adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write: An Autobiography in Essays by Claire Messud

Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write: An Autobiography in Essays

Claire Messud

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir informative reflective slow-paced
Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt

Keturah and Lord Death

Martine Leavitt

216 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult dark mysterious medium-paced
Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel

Last Night in Montreal

Emily St. John Mandel

240 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Last of the Amazons by Steven Pressfield

Last of the Amazons

Steven Pressfield

400 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

Lavinia

Ursula K. Le Guin

295 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical emotional reflective medium-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

336 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold

372 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery dark emotional sad medium-paced
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson

Lyddie

Katherine Paterson

182 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional slow-paced