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Misery by Stephen King

Misery

Stephen King

320 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

booksmithscientist's explanation
fiction horror mystery thriller dark tense medium-paced
Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Letters from an Astrophysicist

Neil deGrasse Tyson

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction science informative reflective medium-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

415 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

History of Rome #1

Tom Holland

389 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

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nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Bear and the Nightingale

Winternight Trilogy #1

Katherine Arden

456 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson

Far from the Light of Heaven

Tade Thompson

350 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann

The Wizard and the Prophet

Charles C. Mann

516 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

720 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin

Fire & Blood

A Targaryen History #1

George R.R. Martin

719 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced