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20 books

Wound by Oksana Vasyakina

Wound

Oksana Vasyakina

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Bright Young Women

Jessica Knoll

376 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction crime thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of Isis by Azadeh Moaveni

Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of Isis

Azadeh Moaveni

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative slow-paced
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

Poor Things

Alasdair Gray

317 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Rouge by Mona Awad

Rouge

Mona Awad

372 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

You Exist Too Much

Zaina Arafat

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Ring Shout

P. Djèlí Clark

185 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Notes on an Execution

Danya Kukafka

306 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Animal by Lisa Taddeo

Animal

Lisa Taddeo

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
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