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Scavenger Reef by Laurence Shames

Scavenger Reef

Key West #2

Laurence Shames

286 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

3.0pickishpiper's review
fiction crime mystery funny mysterious medium-paced
11/22/63 by Stephen King

11/22/63

Stephen King

31 hours • first pub 2011 (editions)

2.0pickishpiper's review
fiction historical science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara

The Lady from the Black Lagoon

Mallory O'Meara

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0pickishpiper's review
nonfiction art biography feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced
The Only Way to Cross: The Golden Era of the Great Atlantic Liners - From the Mauretania to the France and the Queen Elizabeth 2 by Walter Lord, John Maxtone-Graham

The Only Way to Cross: The Golden Era of the Great Atlantic Liners - From the Mauretania to the France and the Queen Elizabeth 2

Walter Lord, John Maxtone-Graham

434 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

4.0pickishpiper's review
nonfiction history travel adventurous informative slow-paced
The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China by Huan Hsu

The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China

Huan Hsu

400 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

4.0pickishpiper's review
nonfiction history memoir adventurous informative slow-paced
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

Joshua Hammer

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

3.0pickishpiper's review
nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence by Amy Blackstone

Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence

Amy Blackstone

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0pickishpiper's review
nonfiction feminism sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

The Women in the Castle

Jessica Shattuck

544 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

3.0pickishpiper's review
fiction historical emotional informative sad slow-paced
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

The Stranger Beside Me

Ann Rule

18 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 1980 (editions)

2.0pickishpiper's review
nonfiction biography true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

Steven Johnson

299 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

3.0pickishpiper's review
nonfiction history science informative slow-paced