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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire

The Hunger Games #2

Suzanne Collins

391 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay

The Hunger Games #3

Suzanne Collins

390 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Breaking Through: My Life in Science by Katalin Karikó

Breaking Through: My Life in Science

Katalin Karikó

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction memoir science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar

If They Come for Us: Poems

Fatimah Asghar

108 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction feminism poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier by Susan Jonusas

Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier

Susan Jonusas

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
Budapest: Portrait of a City Between East and West by Victor Sebestyen, Victor Sebestyen

Budapest: Portrait of a City Between East and West

Victor Sebestyen, Victor Sebestyen

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
fiction historical history
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative medium-paced
Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver

4 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

608 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced