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The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A. Reid

The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

Stuart A. Reid

624 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

All the Pretty Horses

The Border Trilogy #1

Cormac McCarthy

320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

4.5pricklypete's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional slow-paced
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll

576 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.25pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics medium-paced
There Will Be Fire by Rory Carroll

There Will Be Fire

Rory Carroll

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics true crime informative tense medium-paced
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.25pricklypete's review
nonfiction business history politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

200 pages • first pub 1899 (editions)

3.75pricklypete's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

Kyle Chayka

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

3.5pricklypete's review
nonfiction history sociology technology informative reflective medium-paced
Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany by Uwe Schütte

Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany

Uwe Schütte

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction biography music informative medium-paced
Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy by Colin Dickey

Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy

Colin Dickey

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.5pricklypete's review
nonfiction philosophy politics religion sociology dark informative tense medium-paced
Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy by Laurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud

Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy

Laurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction technology challenging dark informative medium-paced