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Charlotte Brontëstandalone novel1853

Emotional in tone, about 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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Concrete IslandNovel

J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1974

Challenging in tone, about survival, 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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GrendelNovel

John Gardnerstandalone novel1971

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, dark in tone, 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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SurfacingNovel

Margaret Atwoodstandalone novel1972

About grief and loss, set in north america and mid 20th century.

“Surfacing has been described by commentators as a companion novel to Atwood's collection of poems, Power Politics, which was written the previous year and deals with complementary issues.”
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The Thief of TimeNovel

John Boynestandalone novel2000

Historical fiction, bittersweet in tone, about immortality, set in our world.

“Matthieu Zela's life is characterized by the fact that as he grows older through the 18th century, he discovers that his body has stopped ageing, and he is near immortal.”
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