The Unread Shelf Project 2021 - hosted by theunreadshelf

July - A book bought for the cover
Book covers are a work of art in themselves. Sometimes what's inside the covers matches the gorgeous outside; sometimes, not. Let's find out.
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Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz

Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods #1

Melissa de la Cruz

302 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
La caja de botones de Gwendy by Stephen King, Richard Chizmar

La caja de botones de Gwendy

The Button Box #1

Stephen King, Richard Chizmar

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror mystery adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

Mister Impossible

Dreamer Trilogy #2

Maggie Stiefvater

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee

Dreamland

Rosa Rankin-Gee

480 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older

Half-Resurrection Blues

Bone Street Rumba #1

Daniel José Older

326 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides

249 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez

Of Love and Other Demons

Gabriel García Márquez

147 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction classics historical magical realism dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments by Sappho

Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments

Sappho

160 pages • first pub -600 (editions)

nonfiction classics lgbtqia+ poetry reflective medium-paced
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Let the Great World Spin

Colum McCann

351 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced