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Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1962

Dark in tone, about war, set in our world and mid 20th century.

“Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American playwright who grew up in Germany, writes his memoirs from an Israeli prison cell awaiting trial for war crimes.”
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Concrete IslandNovel

J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1974

About survival and loneliness, set in our world and contemporary.

“Architect Robert Maitland crashes his car onto a stretch of wasteland trapped between three converging motorways -- visible from thousands of cars, reachable by none of them.”
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VilletteNovel

Charlotte Brontëstandalone novel1853

Emotional in tone, about loneliness and coming of age.

“After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional Continental city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance.”
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The MartianNovel

George du Maurierstandalone novel1897

About friendship.

“Written in long descriptive passages with very little dialogue and many digressions, the book had considerably less success in its time than its predecessor, the popular Trilby.”
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The ProfessorNovel

Charlotte Brontëstandalone novel1857

“The Professor, A Tale. was the first novel by English author Charlotte Brontë.”
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GrendelNovel

John Gardnerstandalone novel1971

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, set in medieval.

“Between bouts of his war on the king of the Danish Norsemen, the monster philosophizes about life and fate.”
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