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The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

Margalit Fox

336 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

Cole Arthur Riley

208 pages • hardcover • 2022

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nonfiction religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
On Photography by Susan Sontag

On Photography

Susan Sontag

208 pages • paperback • 1973

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nonfiction art essays philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
The Folk Tales of Scotland : The Well at the World's End and Other Stories by William Montgomerie

The Folk Tales of Scotland : The Well at the World's End and Other Stories

William Montgomerie

257 pages • hardcover • 1956

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fiction fantasy short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry

Amanda Gorman

228 pages • hardcover • 2021

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nonfiction poetry politics race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
11/22/63 by Stephen King

11/22/63

Stephen King

849 pages • hardcover • 2011

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fiction historical science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

400 pages • paperback • 2023

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fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

123 pages • hardcover • 1942

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fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello

Animals Strike Curious Poses

Elena Passarello

219 pages • hardcover • 2017

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nonfiction essays history literary nature challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • paperback • 2016

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced