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Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Angela's Ashes

The Frank McCourt Memoirs #1

Frank McCourt

15 hours • first pub 1996 (editions)

middleagedbookworm's explanation
nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

middleagedbookworm's explanation
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child by Kim Cross

In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child

Kim Cross

13 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

middleagedbookworm's explanation
nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator by Barbara Butcher

What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

Barbara Butcher

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

middleagedbookworm's explanation
nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional informative fast-paced
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

11 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

middleagedbookworm's explanation
fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

476 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

middleagedbookworm's explanation
fiction science fiction adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter #3

J.K. Rowling

435 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

middleagedbookworm's explanation
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

The Once and Future Witches

Alix E. Harrow

516 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

middleagedbookworm's explanation
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

Fantasticland

Mike Bockoven

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
11/22/63 by Stephen King

11/22/63

Stephen King

849 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

middleagedbookworm's explanation
fiction historical science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced