In Dubious Battle – John Steinbeck (1936)
A strike among California’s apple pickers turns violent as activists and workers clash with powerful landowners in this story of labor struggle.
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Mystery
Psychological
Lady Oracle – Margaret Atwood (1976)
A romance novelist fakes her death to escape her tangled past, navigating multiple identities, secrets, and self-discovery in this darkly comedic novel.
Psychological
Exile and the Kingdom – Albert Camus (1950)
A haunting journey through exile, silence, and fleeting grace, where ordinary lives confront vast landscapes and the quiet weight of freedom, love, and moral solitude.
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Psychological
The Colossus – Sylvia Plath (1960)
Haunting, lyrical, and unflinching, this poetic journey delves into memory, myth, and mourning, revealing the fractured beauty hidden beneath silence and ruin.
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Jacob’s Room – Virginia Woolf (1922)
Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf follows the life of Jacob Flanders through fragmented impressions from those around him, exploring identity, loss, and modernist themes.
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Romance
Ada, or Ardor – Vladimir Nabokov (1969)
A lush, provocative tale of forbidden love, time's illusions, and memory's grip, where passion defies all boundaries and nothing is ever entirely as it seems.
Adventure
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Flush: A Biography – Virginia Woolf (1933)
Flush: A Biography by Virginia Woolf is a whimsical yet poignant account of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s cocker spaniel, exploring themes of freedom, loyalty, and social class.
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Psychological
The First Man – Albert Camus (1994)
A man’s search for the father he never knew becomes a tender journey through memory, silence, and the unforgiving beauty of a lost homeland.
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Mystery
Despair – Vladimir Nabokov (1934)
A delusional man's twisted pursuit of the perfect crime spirals into madness in this dark, cerebral tale of identity, deception, and the vanity of genius.
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Fantasy
In Evil Hour – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1962)
A rain-soaked town unravels as anonymous lampoons expose hidden sins, igniting violence, fear, and a quiet descent into collective madness.