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Văn học hư cấu Tóm tắt sách

Questa sera è già domani

của Lia Levi • 2018

A Jewish boy in 1930s Genoa discovers that being exceptional cannot protect him from history.

3.51

457

🏛️ Fascist Italy 🕍 Jewish Coming Of Age 🌟 Child Prodigy 🕊️ Subtle Resistance 😰 Impending Dread

Questa sera è già domani

A Jewish boy in 1930s Genoa discovers that being exceptional cannot protect him from history.

của Lia Levi 2018 224 trang

3.51

457 đánh giá

🏛️ Fascist Italy 🕍 Jewish Coming Of Age 🌟 Child Prodigy 🕊️ Subtle Resistance 😰 Impending Dread

The Thorns

của Dawn Kurtagich • 2025

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

3.47

2.000+

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

The Thorns

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

của Dawn Kurtagich 2025 392 trang

3.47

2.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

The Kingdoms of Savannah

của George Dawes Green • 2022

A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.

3.68

6.000+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📖 Literary Mystery 🏛️ Buried History 📜 Hidden Black History 🔍 Reluctant Investigator

The Kingdoms of Savannah

A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.

của George Dawes Green 2022 304 trang

3.68

6.000+ đánh giá

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📖 Literary Mystery 🏛️ Buried History 📜 Hidden Black History 🔍 Reluctant Investigator

Hazards of Time Travel

của Joyce Carol Oates • 2018

A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.

2.98

7.000+

📚 Literary Dystopia 🧠 Memory Erasure 👁️ Surveillance State 💔 Forbidden Love 🌧️ Melancholy Tone

Hazards of Time Travel

A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.

của Joyce Carol Oates 2018 336 trang

2.98

7.000+ đánh giá

📚 Literary Dystopia 🧠 Memory Erasure 👁️ Surveillance State 💔 Forbidden Love 🌧️ Melancholy Tone

The Natural Way of Things

của Charlotte Wood • 2015

Drugged, shaved, and dumped in the outback: ten women discover the real punishment for public shame.

3.49

15.000+

🚺 Feminist Dystopia 🔒 Women In Captivity 📢 Public Shaming 🤝 Forced Sisterhood ✊ Body Autonomy

The Natural Way of Things

Drugged, shaved, and dumped in the outback: ten women discover the real punishment for public shame.

của Charlotte Wood 2015 320 trang

3.49

15.000+ đánh giá

🚺 Feminist Dystopia 🔒 Women In Captivity 📢 Public Shaming 🤝 Forced Sisterhood ✊ Body Autonomy

Weight

của Jeanette Winterson • 2005

Alone with the sky on his shoulders, Atlas listens to the world and questions the weight.

3.74

7.000+

🏛️ Mythological Retelling 🔄 Retold From Villain 🌌 Cosmic Punishment ⚔️ Hero's Downfall 🌊 Meditative Prose

Weight

Alone with the sky on his shoulders, Atlas listens to the world and questions the weight.

của Jeanette Winterson 2005 151 trang

3.74

7.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Mythological Retelling 🔄 Retold From Villain 🌌 Cosmic Punishment ⚔️ Hero's Downfall 🌊 Meditative Prose

All the Lovers in the Night

của Mieko Kawakami • 2011

A Tokyo proofreader's solitary life unravels when a physics teacher starts talking about light.

3.67

53.000+

📚 Japanese Literary Fiction 🗾 Contemporary Japan 👯 Female Friendship 🌃 Urban Loneliness 🍂 Quiet Melancholy

All the Lovers in the Night

A Tokyo proofreader's solitary life unravels when a physics teacher starts talking about light.

của Mieko Kawakami 2011 224 trang

3.67

53.000+ đánh giá

📚 Japanese Literary Fiction 🗾 Contemporary Japan 👯 Female Friendship 🌃 Urban Loneliness 🍂 Quiet Melancholy

The Third Realm

của Karl Ove Knausgård • 2022

When death stops for seven days, a painter's visions open the door to the dead.

4.32

5.000+

🖤 Literary Horror 💔 Fractured Family 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🧠 Mental Illness Portrayal 👁️ Prophetic Visions

The Third Realm

When death stops for seven days, a painter's visions open the door to the dead.

của Karl Ove Knausgård 2022 512 trang

4.32

5.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Literary Horror 💔 Fractured Family 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🧠 Mental Illness Portrayal 👁️ Prophetic Visions

The Trouble Up North

của Travis Mulhauser • 2025

One botched arson, one dead man, one Michigan family forced to choose who takes the fall.

3.63

500+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🌲 Ancestral Land 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🍂 Addiction And Recovery

The Trouble Up North

One botched arson, one dead man, one Michigan family forced to choose who takes the fall.

của Travis Mulhauser 2025 288 trang

3.63

500+ đánh giá

🏚️ Rural Noir 🌲 Ancestral Land 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🍂 Addiction And Recovery

The Bonfire of the Vanities

của Tom Wolfe • 1987

A bond trader's wrong turn into the Bronx hands a city its next public enemy.

3.93

87.000+

🎭 Social Satire 📜 Literary Tragedy 📉 Fall From Grace 📺 Media Circus ⚖️ Legal Nightmare

The Bonfire of the Vanities

A bond trader's wrong turn into the Bronx hands a city its next public enemy.

của Tom Wolfe 1987 690 trang

3.93

87.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Social Satire 📜 Literary Tragedy 📉 Fall From Grace 📺 Media Circus ⚖️ Legal Nightmare

North Woods

của Daniel Mason • 2023

A Massachusetts house holds three centuries of longing: the dead stay, the forest reclaims all.

4.10

100.000+

📖 Polyphonic Novel 🏠 Place As Protagonist 👻 Haunted House 👯 Twin Sisters 🌳 Family Legacy

North Woods

A Massachusetts house holds three centuries of longing: the dead stay, the forest reclaims all.

của Daniel Mason 2023 372 trang

4.10

100.000+ đánh giá

📖 Polyphonic Novel 🏠 Place As Protagonist 👻 Haunted House 👯 Twin Sisters 🌳 Family Legacy

Grim Begins

của Wiktor Miesok • 2025

Cast out by his Stasi father, a border guard discovers that honor survives only among thieves.

4.58

337

🏚️ Gulag Fiction 🗡️ Honor Among Thieves 🤝 Prison Brotherhood 🖤 Gray Morality 🌑 Dark Redemption Arc

Grim Begins

Cast out by his Stasi father, a border guard discovers that honor survives only among thieves.

của Wiktor Miesok 2025 224 trang

4.58

337 đánh giá

🏚️ Gulag Fiction 🗡️ Honor Among Thieves 🤝 Prison Brotherhood 🖤 Gray Morality 🌑 Dark Redemption Arc

Meeting Mungo Thunk

của Keith A. Pearson • 2018

Jilted and broke, a window cleaner rents to a lodger whose logic feels almost supernatural.

4.49

2.000+

🧑 Lovable Underachiever 👻 Supernatural Mentor 💔 Second Chance Romance 😂 British Humor 🫂 Odd Couple Friendship

Meeting Mungo Thunk

Jilted and broke, a window cleaner rents to a lodger whose logic feels almost supernatural.

của Keith A. Pearson 2018 398 trang

4.49

2.000+ đánh giá

🧑 Lovable Underachiever 👻 Supernatural Mentor 💔 Second Chance Romance 😂 British Humor 🫂 Odd Couple Friendship

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

của Anthony Trollope • 1875

A foreign financier dazzles London, and the city's best families gamble their futures on his word.

4.09

14.000+

📈 Financial Speculation 🏛️ London Society 💰 Fortune Hunter 🏰 Gilded Cage Heiress 🎲 Gambling Addiction

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

A foreign financier dazzles London, and the city's best families gamble their futures on his word.

của Anthony Trollope 1875 440 trang

4.09

14.000+ đánh giá

📈 Financial Speculation 🏛️ London Society 💰 Fortune Hunter 🏰 Gilded Cage Heiress 🎲 Gambling Addiction

The Custom of the Army

của Diana Gabaldon • 2010

A London scandal forces a British officer to Canada to witness a court-martial built on secrets.

4.03

11.000+

⚖️ Military Justice 👑 Georgian England ⚔️ Duel Of Honor 🤫 Closeted Protagonist 🏹 Frontier Warfare

The Custom of the Army

A London scandal forces a British officer to Canada to witness a court-martial built on secrets.

của Diana Gabaldon 2010 76 trang

4.03

11.000+ đánh giá

⚖️ Military Justice 👑 Georgian England ⚔️ Duel Of Honor 🤫 Closeted Protagonist 🏹 Frontier Warfare

The Best of Connie Willis

của Connie Willis • 1993

In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.

4.10

2.000+

🚀 Literary Sf 🌀 Genre Blending 🖤 Bittersweet 👥 Found Family ⏳ Time Travel Ethics

The Best of Connie Willis

In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.

của Connie Willis 1993 473 trang

4.10

2.000+ đánh giá

🚀 Literary Sf 🌀 Genre Blending 🖤 Bittersweet 👥 Found Family ⏳ Time Travel Ethics

Booth

của Karen Joy Fowler • 2022

Six Booth siblings grow up among Shakespeare, scandal, and ghosts. One will assassinate a president.

3.82

15.000+

🎭 Family Saga 🎪 Theater Family 🏛️ Antebellum America 👻 Haunted By The Past ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Booth

Six Booth siblings grow up among Shakespeare, scandal, and ghosts. One will assassinate a president.

của Karen Joy Fowler 2022 470 trang

3.82

15.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Family Saga 🎪 Theater Family 🏛️ Antebellum America 👻 Haunted By The Past ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Scavengers

của Kathleen Boland • 2026

A disgraced analyst returns to her chaotic mother, chasing rumored gold in the Utah desert.

3.22

1.000+

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Drama 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 💻 Online Community

Scavengers

A disgraced analyst returns to her chaotic mother, chasing rumored gold in the Utah desert.

của Kathleen Boland 2026 304 trang

3.22

1.000+ đánh giá

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Drama 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 💻 Online Community

Hell Is Empty

của Craig Johnson • 2011

A blizzard strands a sheriff on a mountain with escaped killers and a murdered child's bones.

4.29

18.000+

🖤 Western Noir 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 🎯 Wilderness Manhunt 📚 Literary Crime 🌄 Mythic Western

Hell Is Empty

A blizzard strands a sheriff on a mountain with escaped killers and a murdered child's bones.

của Craig Johnson 2011 309 trang

4.29

18.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Western Noir 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 🎯 Wilderness Manhunt 📚 Literary Crime 🌄 Mythic Western

I the Supreme

của Augusto Roa Bastos • 1974

A lampoon on the cathedral door hurls an aging dictator into combat with his own double.

3.90

1.000+

🏛️ Dictatorship Fiction 👁️ Paranoid Ruler 📜 Language And Power 📚 Textual Labyrinth 🪶 History As Text

I the Supreme

A lampoon on the cathedral door hurls an aging dictator into combat with his own double.

của Augusto Roa Bastos 1974 433 trang

3.90

1.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Dictatorship Fiction 👁️ Paranoid Ruler 📜 Language And Power 📚 Textual Labyrinth 🪶 History As Text

Bitter Sweet

của Hattie Williams • 2025

A grieving assistant falls for her married literary idol, and the secret affair nearly destroys her.

3.82

14.000+

🕰️ Age Gap Relationship ⚖️ Power Imbalance 🤫 Secret Affair 🫂 Found Family 😢 Mother Loss

Bitter Sweet

A grieving assistant falls for her married literary idol, and the secret affair nearly destroys her.

của Hattie Williams 2025 304 trang

3.82

14.000+ đánh giá

🕰️ Age Gap Relationship ⚖️ Power Imbalance 🤫 Secret Affair 🫂 Found Family 😢 Mother Loss

The Companion

của E.E. Ottoman • 2021

A trans writer becomes a reclusive novelist's companion, then falls for him and his fierce neighbor.

3.64

2.000+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Romance 💕 Polyamory 🏡 Chosen Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🩹 Healing Romance

The Companion

A trans writer becomes a reclusive novelist's companion, then falls for him and his fierce neighbor.

của E.E. Ottoman 2021 168 trang

3.64

2.000+ đánh giá

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Romance 💕 Polyamory 🏡 Chosen Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🩹 Healing Romance

At Certain Points We Touch

của Lauren John Joseph • 2022

A neon sign jolts a trans writer to recount their doomed love affair with a dead photographer.

3.62

1.000+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Narrative 💔 Doomed Romance 🌃 Queer Nightlife ✒️ Lyrical Grief 🫂 Chosen Family

At Certain Points We Touch

A neon sign jolts a trans writer to recount their doomed love affair with a dead photographer.

của Lauren John Joseph 2022 384 trang

3.62

1.000+ đánh giá

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Narrative 💔 Doomed Romance 🌃 Queer Nightlife ✒️ Lyrical Grief 🫂 Chosen Family

Wait for Me

của Amy Jo Burns • 2026

A meteor strike resurrects a folk singer's past and the daughter she abandoned in the mountains.

3.66

7.000+

📖 Appalachian Fiction 🎸 Nashville Music Scene 💔 Missing Mother 🎵 Stolen Music 🎨 Healing Through Art

Wait for Me

A meteor strike resurrects a folk singer's past and the daughter she abandoned in the mountains.

của Amy Jo Burns 2026 336 trang

3.66

7.000+ đánh giá

📖 Appalachian Fiction 🎸 Nashville Music Scene 💔 Missing Mother 🎵 Stolen Music 🎨 Healing Through Art

I Am a Cat

của Natsume Sōseki • 1906

A stray cat dissects his master's vanity and his circle's schemes in Meiji-era Japan.

3.66

18.000+

🐱 Animal Narrator 🇯🇵 Historical Japan 🎭 Social Satire 👁️ Outsider Perspective 🏠 Domestic Comedy

I Am a Cat

A stray cat dissects his master's vanity and his circle's schemes in Meiji-era Japan.

của Natsume Sōseki 1906 470 trang

3.66

18.000+ đánh giá

🐱 Animal Narrator 🇯🇵 Historical Japan 🎭 Social Satire 👁️ Outsider Perspective 🏠 Domestic Comedy

A Better Life

của Lionel Shriver • 2026

A Brooklyn family opens its home to a migrant, and gratitude curdles into slow-motion occupation.

3.97

1.000+

📰 Political Satire 🏚️ Home As Battleground 💔 Misguided Altruism 🚪 Guest Becomes Occupier 🎭 Dark Comedy

A Better Life

A Brooklyn family opens its home to a migrant, and gratitude curdles into slow-motion occupation.

của Lionel Shriver 2026 304 trang

3.97

1.000+ đánh giá

📰 Political Satire 🏚️ Home As Battleground 💔 Misguided Altruism 🚪 Guest Becomes Occupier 🎭 Dark Comedy

Woodworking

của Emily St. James • 2025

A closeted trans teacher in South Dakota meets a defiant trans teen. Hiding can't last.

4.23

16.000+

📖 Trans Literary Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 🏡 Small-Town America 🧵 Unlikely Mentorship 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Woodworking

A closeted trans teacher in South Dakota meets a defiant trans teen. Hiding can't last.

của Emily St. James 2025 351 trang

4.23

16.000+ đánh giá

📖 Trans Literary Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 🏡 Small-Town America 🧵 Unlikely Mentorship 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Bad Habits

của Amy Gentry • 2021

At a conference, two former friends must confront the grad-school death they spent years avoiding.

3.50

1.000+

🎓 Toxic Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Mentorship Gone Wrong 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

Bad Habits

At a conference, two former friends must confront the grad-school death they spent years avoiding.

của Amy Gentry 2021 354 trang

3.50

1.000+ đánh giá

🎓 Toxic Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Mentorship Gone Wrong 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

Upward Bound

của Woody Brown • 2026

At a day program for disabled adults, nonspeaking Walter types what no one will hear.

4.00

12.000+

🧠 Nonspeaking Protagonist 🏥 Institutional Care 🌈 Autistic Adulthood 💭 Silent Inner Life 🤲 Caregiver Bond

Upward Bound

At a day program for disabled adults, nonspeaking Walter types what no one will hear.

của Woody Brown 2026 208 trang

4.00

12.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Nonspeaking Protagonist 🏥 Institutional Care 🌈 Autistic Adulthood 💭 Silent Inner Life 🤲 Caregiver Bond

We'll Prescribe You a Cat

của Syou Ishida • 2023

A hidden Kyoto clinic prescribes cats to the soul-weary. The cats heal what no doctor could name.

3.77

55.000+

🪄 Magical Realism 🐱 Cats As Therapy 🏠 Found Family 💼 Toxic Workplace 🇯🇵 Contemporary Japan

We'll Prescribe You a Cat

A hidden Kyoto clinic prescribes cats to the soul-weary. The cats heal what no doctor could name.

của Syou Ishida 2023 297 trang

3.77

55.000+ đánh giá

🪄 Magical Realism 🐱 Cats As Therapy 🏠 Found Family 💼 Toxic Workplace 🇯🇵 Contemporary Japan

Daughter of Egypt

của Marie Benedict • 2026

An aristocrat in 1920s Egypt follows an ancient scarab toward a female pharaoh's erased legacy.

3.83

11.000+

⏳ Dual Timeline 🏺 Archaeology 📜 Forgotten Women 🦸‍♀️ Women Pioneers 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter

Daughter of Egypt

An aristocrat in 1920s Egypt follows an ancient scarab toward a female pharaoh's erased legacy.

của Marie Benedict 2026 352 trang

3.83

11.000+ đánh giá

⏳ Dual Timeline 🏺 Archaeology 📜 Forgotten Women 🦸‍♀️ Women Pioneers 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter

Il giorno in più

của Fabio Volo • 2007

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

3.46

4.000+

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance ✈️ Transatlantic Love 🔄 Second Chances

Il giorno in più

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

của Fabio Volo 2007 287 trang

3.46

4.000+ đánh giá

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance ✈️ Transatlantic Love 🔄 Second Chances

La monaca

của Simonetta Agnello Hornby • 2010

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

3.51

500+

🏛️ 19th Century Italy ⛪ Convent Life 💔 Love Vs Duty 🕊️ Female Emancipation 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline

La monaca

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

của Simonetta Agnello Hornby 2010 296 trang

3.51

500+ đánh giá

🏛️ 19th Century Italy ⛪ Convent Life 💔 Love Vs Duty 🕊️ Female Emancipation 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline

Arts & Entertainments

của Christopher R. Beha • 2014

His sex tape with a celebrity ex leaks; a reality show devours his family and future.

3.20

500+

📰 Media Satire 📺 Reality Television 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Staged Romance

Arts & Entertainments

His sex tape with a celebrity ex leaks; a reality show devours his family and future.

của Christopher R. Beha 2014 269 trang

3.20

500+ đánh giá

📰 Media Satire 📺 Reality Television 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Staged Romance

Coram House

của Bailey Seybolt • 2025

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

3.63

5.000+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Coram House

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

của Bailey Seybolt 2025 320 trang

3.63

5.000+ đánh giá

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Danh sách đọc

của Sara Nisha Adams • 2021

A widower and a teenage library worker, bound by a reading list, help each other survive loss.

4.06

100.000+

📚 Books About Books 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Grief And Healing 🏛️ Library Setting 🫂 Community Healing

Danh sách đọc

A widower and a teenage library worker, bound by a reading list, help each other survive loss.

của Sara Nisha Adams 2021 368 trang

4.06

100.000+ đánh giá

📚 Books About Books 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Grief And Healing 🏛️ Library Setting 🫂 Community Healing

Seporsi Mie Ayam Sebelum Mati

của Brian Khrisna • 2025

He plans to die today. His only wish: chicken noodles from a Jakarta street stall.

3.80

4.000+

🖤 Suicidal Protagonist 🌱 Mental Health Journey 🏙️ Urban Loneliness 🤝 Found Family ⏱️ One Day Timeline

Seporsi Mie Ayam Sebelum Mati

He plans to die today. His only wish: chicken noodles from a Jakarta street stall.

của Brian Khrisna 2025 216 trang

3.80

4.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Suicidal Protagonist 🌱 Mental Health Journey 🏙️ Urban Loneliness 🤝 Found Family ⏱️ One Day Timeline

Imperfect Women

của Araminta Hall • 2020

A murdered friend reveals the hidden betrayals that bound three women together since university.

3.41

6.000+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👯 Female Friendship 🤫 Buried Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Imperfect Women

A murdered friend reveals the hidden betrayals that bound three women together since university.

của Araminta Hall 2020

3.41

6.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Domestic Noir 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👯 Female Friendship 🤫 Buried Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

The Best American Short Stories 2024

của Lauren Groff • 2024

Lauren Groff gathers twenty stories of the year: surreal, tender, and unafraid of the dark.

3.77

500+

🗣️ Diverse American Voices 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Literary Fiction ✨ Magical Realism 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🔄 Experimental Narrative

The Best American Short Stories 2024

Lauren Groff gathers twenty stories of the year: surreal, tender, and unafraid of the dark.

của Lauren Groff 2024 400 trang

3.77

500+ đánh giá

🗣️ Diverse American Voices 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Literary Fiction ✨ Magical Realism 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🔄 Experimental Narrative

Mumlar Sonuna Kadar Yanar

của Sándor Márai • 1942

Two men, one dinner, and the memory of a gun raised forty-one years ago.

4.00

45.000+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🇭🇺 Hungarian Literature 💔 Friendship Betrayed 🔥 Long-Buried Secrets 🔺 Love Triangle

Mumlar Sonuna Kadar Yanar

Two men, one dinner, and the memory of a gun raised forty-one years ago.

của Sándor Márai 1942 120 trang

4.00

45.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🇭🇺 Hungarian Literature 💔 Friendship Betrayed 🔥 Long-Buried Secrets 🔺 Love Triangle

của Thomas Pynchon • 1963

One man chases a woman who keeps appearing across history, each time less human than before.

3.97

25.000+

🔍 Conspiracy Quest 🎭 Identity As Performance 🧿 Object Fetishism 🌍 Colonial Africa 🗽 Bohemian New York

One man chases a woman who keeps appearing across history, each time less human than before.

của Thomas Pynchon 1963 640 trang

3.97

25.000+ đánh giá

🔍 Conspiracy Quest 🎭 Identity As Performance 🧿 Object Fetishism 🌍 Colonial Africa 🗽 Bohemian New York

Florenzer

của Phil Melanson • 2025

Florence, 1478: Leonardo hides forbidden desires as the Medici brothers walk into a conspiracy.

3.83

1.000+

🏛️ Renaissance Florence 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 📜 Lyrical Historical

Florenzer

Florence, 1478: Leonardo hides forbidden desires as the Medici brothers walk into a conspiracy.

của Phil Melanson 2025 368 trang

3.83

1.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Renaissance Florence 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 📜 Lyrical Historical

The Living and the Dead

của Christoffer Carlsson • 2023

A police officer investigating a boy's murder in rural Sweden uncovers a village's tangled lies.

3.67

1.000+

🇸🇪 Scandinavian Crime 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💀 Faked Death

The Living and the Dead

A police officer investigating a boy's murder in rural Sweden uncovers a village's tangled lies.

của Christoffer Carlsson 2023 432 trang

3.67

1.000+ đánh giá

🇸🇪 Scandinavian Crime 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💀 Faked Death

Burn Down Master's House

của Clay Cane • 2026

Virginia's enslaved forge a hidden rebellion of love and vengeance their masters cannot survive.

4.35

17.000+

📜 Slavery Narrative 🔥 Slave Rebellion 🕰️ Multi-Generational Saga 🤝 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story

Burn Down Master's House

Virginia's enslaved forge a hidden rebellion of love and vengeance their masters cannot survive.

của Clay Cane 2026 288 trang

4.35

17.000+ đánh giá

📜 Slavery Narrative 🔥 Slave Rebellion 🕰️ Multi-Generational Saga 🤝 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story

The Pleasing Hour

của Lily King • 1999

An American au pair arrives in Paris carrying one secret: the baby she gave her sister.

3.54

5.000+

🇫🇷 American In Paris 🤱 Maternal Sacrifice 💋 Forbidden Affair 🗣️ Language Barrier 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds

The Pleasing Hour

An American au pair arrives in Paris carrying one secret: the baby she gave her sister.

của Lily King 1999 256 trang

3.54

5.000+ đánh giá

🇫🇷 American In Paris 🤱 Maternal Sacrifice 💋 Forbidden Affair 🗣️ Language Barrier 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds

The Body

của Bethany C. Morrow • 2026

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

2.86

1.000+

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

The Body

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

của Bethany C. Morrow 2026 288 trang

2.86

1.000+ đánh giá

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

Hocus Pocus

của Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1990

Writing on scraps in a library turned prison, he counts his kills and his lovers.

3.83

36.000+

🎭 Political Satire 📝 Fictional Memoir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 🔒 Prison Narrative

Hocus Pocus

Writing on scraps in a library turned prison, he counts his kills and his lovers.

của Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1990 322 trang

3.83

36.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Political Satire 📝 Fictional Memoir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 🔒 Prison Narrative

The Air You Breathe

của Frances de Pontes Peebles • 2018

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

3.88

9.000+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

The Air You Breathe

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

của Frances de Pontes Peebles 2018 528 trang

3.88

9.000+ đánh giá

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

Black Woods Blue Sky

của Eowyn Ivey • 2025

An Alaskan single mother falls for a scarred stranger who transforms into a bear.

3.72

23.000+

🐻 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💔 Tragic Romance 🩹 Generational Trauma

Black Woods Blue Sky

An Alaskan single mother falls for a scarred stranger who transforms into a bear.

của Eowyn Ivey 2025 306 trang

3.72

23.000+ đánh giá

🐻 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💔 Tragic Romance 🩹 Generational Trauma

Abundance

của Sena Jeter Naslund • 2006

At fourteen she enters Versailles craving love from a nation that will one day guillotine her.

3.75

10.000+

🇫🇷 Revolutionary France 👑 Tragic Queen 🎭 Court Intrigue ✊ Feminist Retelling 🖋️ Fictionalized Biography

Abundance

At fourteen she enters Versailles craving love from a nation that will one day guillotine her.

của Sena Jeter Naslund 2006 556 trang

3.75

10.000+ đánh giá

🇫🇷 Revolutionary France 👑 Tragic Queen 🎭 Court Intrigue ✊ Feminist Retelling 🖋️ Fictionalized Biography

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