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Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

Chess Story

Stefan Zweig

84 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0louiza_read2live's review
fiction classics literary short stories dark reflective tense fast-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

12 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0louiza_read2live's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

287 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

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fiction dystopian literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944 by Hana Volavkova

I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944

Hana Volavkova

106 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0louiza_read2live's review
nonfiction art history poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

300 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0louiza_read2live's review
fiction classics fantasy literary young adult adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

The Last Cuentista

Donna Barba Higuera

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0louiza_read2live's review
fiction middle grade science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

936 pages • first pub 1879 (editions) user-added

5.0louiza_read2live's review
fiction classics literary philosophy religion challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

331 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0louiza_read2live's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
The Double and the Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Double and the Gambler

Fyodor Dostoevsky

336 pages • first pub 1845 (editions)

5.0louiza_read2live's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide by Mae Bunseng Taing

Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide

Mae Bunseng Taing

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0louiza_read2live's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced