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Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World by Edward Dolnick

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

Edward Dolnick

8 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction history nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
How to Accidentally Settle Down [With Your High School Boyfriend] by Katherine Ryan

How to Accidentally Settle Down [With Your High School Boyfriend]

Katherine Ryan

42 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Need by Helen Phillips

The Need

Helen Phillips

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
fiction horror science fiction thriller adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos by Mark Chiusano

The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos

Mark Chiusano

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction biography politics informative medium-paced
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love

Lex Croucher

410 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
The September House by Carissa Orlando

The September House

Carissa Orlando

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

5 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail by Charles Osgood

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail

Charles Osgood

239 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction politics
Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics by Stephen Greenblatt

Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

Stephen Greenblatt

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction history politics tense fast-paced