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Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son

Richard Wright

544 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

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fiction classics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

336 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

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fiction classics romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

268 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

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fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

271 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

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fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

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fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tender is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald

missing page info • first pub 1934 (editions) user-added

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fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

384 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

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fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

581 pages • first pub 1952 (editions) user-added

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fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

307 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

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fiction classics literary adventurous reflective medium-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

219 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

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fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced