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Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

214 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective sad fast-paced
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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

182 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Bois Sauvage #2

Jesmyn Ward

261 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

The Life Impossible

Matt Haig

324 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

214 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective sad fast-paced
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman

496 pages • first pub 1855 (editions)

fiction classics poetry inspiring reflective slow-paced
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker

Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol

Holly Whitaker

406 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction health memoir self help informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut

Deadeye Dick

Library of America #252

Kurt Vonnegut

288 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction classics funny reflective slow-paced
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh

289 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective slow-paced
Rouge by Mona Awad

Rouge

Mona Awad

372 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced