18 books like She

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The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath · 1948 · ★ 4.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional record of a successful and talented young woman's descent into madness. Shares: Community pick

The war in the air H. G. Wells · 1908 · ★ 3.6 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Following the development of massive airships, naive Londoner Bert Smallways becomes accidentally involved in a German plot to invade America by air and reduce New York to rubble. But although bombers devastate the city, they cannot overwhelm the coutnry, and their attack leads not to victory but to the beginning of a new and horrific age for humanity. And so dawns the era of Total War, in which… Shares: English Adventure stories, English Science fiction

Among Malay Pirates G. A. Henty · 1899 Get set for rip-roaring adventure in this collection of action-adventure short stories from renowned juvenile fiction scribe G. A. Henty. If there's a little one in your life who isn't fond of reading, this thrilling collection might just be the answer. Combining extensive historical research with fast-paced action, these stories are bound to enthrall even the most reluctant young reader. Shares: English Adventure stories, Historical Fiction

Allan and the Holy Flower H. Rider Haggard · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Challenging I do not suppose that anyone who knows the name of Allan Quatermain would be likely to associate it with flowers, and especially with orchids. Yet as it happens it was once my lot to take part in an orchid hunt of so remarkable a character that I think its details should not be lost. At least I will set them down, and if in the after days anyone cares to publish them, well he is at liberty to do… Shares: Allan Quatermain, Adventure

THE ETERNAL SAVAGE (originally The Eternal Lover) (Tarzan) Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1976 · ★ 3.0 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The works of Burroughs with an active table of contents. Included works in the massive collection: The Barsoom Series (5 Books) The Caspak Series (3 Books) The Mucker Series (3 Books) The Pellucidar Series (2 Books) The Tarzan Series (8 Books) Lesser Known Novels (4 Books) Lesser Known Sci-Fi (2 Books) Shares: Immortalism, Reincarnation

When the World Shook H. Rider Haggard · 1919 · ★ 3.6 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Depicts the adventure of three Englishmen who uncover a pair of 250,000 year old super-humans in suspended animation. The super-humans, awakened, view Europe in the midst of the First World War and decide that human civilization must be destroyed. Shares: English Adventure stories, Adventure

Death Unmasked · 2015 · 265p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A Houston homicide detective investigates his, and his wife's murder - in his next - lifetime. Shares: Reincarnation, Romance

The White People Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1917 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "Isobel Muircarrie grows up in the Scottish Highlands where her gift of 'Second Sight' enables her to see the phantom White People and communicate with a ghost child. When she moves to London as an adult and falls in love with a stricken young man, Hector MacNairn, who dies shortly afterwards of a heart attack, her ability enables her to 'see' him as a spirit."- - Description by Peter Haining,… Shares: English Science fiction, Romance

The Middle Window Elizabeth Goudge · 1920 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Judy Cameron is ever so bored with modern London and her glamorous, perfect life. Stifled, her imagination seizes on a picture she sees in a shop window, a picture of the Scottish wilds. It inspires her. Strong-willed, she prevails on her parents and fiance to change their summer plans and head for cold, damp Scotland--sure that there she will find the freedom she craves. She finds that she… Shares: Reincarnation, Romance

Moll Flanders Daniel Defoe · 1722 · ★ 3.5 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Demanding These are the true confessions of a remarkable and passionate young woman are thought to have been based on the adventures of a real prisoner in Newgate where Moll was born. ostensibly written as a warning to wrongdoers, the moral of Defoe's candid and cautionary tale is often lost in the sheer vitality of Moll - one of the supreme characters of English comic fiction. Her fortunes and… Shares: English Adventure stories, Women, Adventure

The Gods of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1918 · ★ 3.9 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Challenging After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars. But beautiful Dejah Thoris, the woman he loved, had vanished. Now he was trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars--an Eden from which none ever escaped alive. Shares: English Science fiction, Historical Fiction

Towers of Midnight Robert Jordan · 2010 · ★ 4.5 · 976p · ≈ 32h · Moderate As the seals on the Dark One's prison crumble and the armies of the Shadow boil out of the Blight, Perrin Aybara, hunted by specters from his past, must seek answers in "Tel'aran'rhiod" and find a way to master the wolf within him--or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life ... as The Tower of Ghenjei awaits. Shares: Reincarnation, Adventure

Dark Slayer Christine Feehan · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate A rumor has persisted in the vampire world of a dark slayer — a woman — who travels with a wolf pack and who destroys any vampire who crosses her path. Mysterious, elusive and seemingly impossible to kill, she is the one hunter who strikes terror into the hearts of the undead. She is Ivory Malinov. Her only brethren, the wolves. Long ago betrayed by her people, abandoned by her family, and cast… Shares: Immortalism, Romance

Home as found James Fenimore Cooper · 1800 · ★ 5.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging "No society, dear!--Why you were at the Henderson's, and the Morgan's, and the Drewett's; three of the greatest _réunions_ that we have had in two winters!"' "I did not know that you meant those unpleasant crowds, by society". "Unpleasant crowds! Why, child, that is society, is it not?' "Not what I have been taught to consider such; I rather think it would be better to call it company". "And is… Shares: Historical Fiction

The Border Empire Ralph Compton · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Wes Stone was a lawman—until the Sandlin gang gunned down his legendary father. Now, he's giving up his badge for vengeance... Shares: Historical Fiction

The After House Mary Roberts Rinehart · 1914 · ★ 3.4 · 170p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The After House is a gripping whodunit that revolves around a series of grisly axe murders. Set on board a ship, this murder mystery is sure to leave you on the edge of your seat. Shares: English Adventure stories, Adventure

The Camelot Chronicles Michael Ashley · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 409p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 18 tales of Arthur and his court have been retold in contemporary language in this wonderful collection. Any reader interested in the timeless legends of King Arthur and the days of Camelot will take pleasure in these unique tales. Features such best-selling authors as Jane Yolen, P.G. Wodehouse and Phyllis Ann Karr. Shares: English Adventure stories, Historical Fiction

The Mad Wife Meagan Church · 321p · ≈ 10h · Moderate THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build—and the lies we live.They called it hysteria. She called it survival.Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the perfect 1950s housewife.… Shares: Romance

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