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The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck

The Moon Is Down

John Steinbeck

126 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

4.5jcasey's review
fiction classics historical dark reflective medium-paced
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

John Steinbeck

277 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0jcasey's review
nonfiction classics memoir travel reflective slow-paced
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

480 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

3.5jcasey's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

464 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0jcasey's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Cursed from Birth: The Short, Unhappy Life of William S. Burroughs, Jr. by William S. Burroughs Jr

Cursed from Birth: The Short, Unhappy Life of William S. Burroughs, Jr.

William S. Burroughs Jr

210 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jcasey's review
nonfiction autobiography biography literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Gravity's Rainbow

Thomas Pynchon

776 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0jcasey's review
fiction historical literary speculative fiction challenging slow-paced
The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century by Joel F. Harrington

The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

Joel F. Harrington

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

4.25jcasey's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative 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)

4.25jcasey's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

600 pages • first pub 1866 (editions)

5.0jcasey's review
fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

602 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0jcasey's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced