A History of Loneliness – John Boyne (2014)
A priest's quiet life unravels as past silences echo into a nation's reckoning, exposing the devastating cost of complicity, memory, and forgotten faith.
Historical
Restart Reading
Adventure
Historical
Thriller
The Hammer of Eden – Ken Follett (1993)
A commune's fight for survival turns deadly when they weaponize nature itself, triggering earthquakes to stop a dam - and an FBI agent races to stop them.
Historical
Slammerkin – Emma Donoghue (2001)
In 18th-century England, a girl’s hunger for beauty and freedom leads her from poverty to passion to the gallows, in a world where a red ribbon can cost a life.
Romance
Satire
Summer – Edith Wharton (1917)
Summer by Edith Wharton follows Charity Royall’s coming-of-age in rural New England, exploring love, independence, and societal expectations.
Classics
Historical
Martin Chuzzlewit – Charles Dickens (1844)
A tale of greed, hypocrisy, and redemption, where pride is humbled, virtue quietly triumphs, and the true worth of character emerges through hardship and deceit.
Historical
Mystery
Akin – Emma Donoghue (2019)
An elderly man and a troubled boy embark on an unexpected journey through memory, grief, and history, discovering the fragile threads that bind strangers into family.
Classics
Historical
Dombey and Son – Charles Dickens (1848)
A proud father's obsession with legacy blinds him to love, until loss and betrayal force a reckoning in this powerful tale of pride, redemption, and enduring human warmth.
Classics
Historical
Psychological
How Much Land Does a Man Need? – Leo Tolstoy (1886)
A peasant’s quest for more land spirals into a haunting lesson on greed, as the promise of wealth gives way to a chillingly ironic fate.
Historical
Mystery
Supernatural
This House Is Haunted – John Boyne (2013)
A grieving woman accepts a governess post at a secluded estate, only to face sinister forces, buried secrets, and a haunting tied to the chilling silence of its halls.
Fantasy
Psychological
Supernatural
Young Goodman Brown – Nathaniel Hawthorne (1835)
Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an allegorical tale exploring faith, temptation, and the darkness within human nature in Puritan New England.