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Columbine by Dave Cullen

Columbine

Dave Cullen

417 pages • hardcover • 2009

5.0big_mom's review
nonfiction history true crime dark emotional informative medium-paced
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Grady Hendrix

482 pages • hardcover • 2025

5.0big_mom's review
fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Robert Kolker

377 pages • paperback • 2020

5.0big_mom's review
nonfiction biography psychology science emotional informative sad medium-paced
Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice by Christine Kenneally

Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice

Christine Kenneally

384 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0big_mom's review
nonfiction history true crime dark emotional medium-paced
Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance by Jesse Wente

Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

Jesse Wente

208 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0big_mom's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Clay McLeod Chapman

382 pages • hardcover • 2025

5.0big_mom's review
fiction horror thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim

277 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0big_mom's review
fiction horror thriller dark tense fast-paced
At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

Eric LaRocca

178 pages • digital • 2025

5.0big_mom's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ challenging dark tense fast-paced
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

Jeff Guinn

544 pages • paperback • 2017

5.0big_mom's review
nonfiction biography history religion true crime dark informative sad slow-paced
Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM by Sarah Berman

Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM

Sarah Berman

321 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0big_mom's review
nonfiction biography history religion true crime dark informative medium-paced