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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

Vera Wong #1

Jesse Q. Sutanto

338 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0booksrockcal's review
fiction contemporary mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie

211 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0booksrockcal's review
nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Waiting by Michael Connelly

The Waiting

Harry Bosch #25

Michael Connelly

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0booksrockcal's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

The Christmas Books #1

Charles Dickens

2 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 1843 (editions)

5.0booksrockcal's review
fiction classics fantasy hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

318 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0booksrockcal's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

John Ganz

432 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0booksrockcal's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Maria by Michelle Moran

Maria

Michelle Moran

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0booksrockcal's review
fiction historical funny reflective tense medium-paced
A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews

A Holiday by Gaslight

Mimi Matthews

175 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0booksrockcal's review
fiction historical romance lighthearted slow-paced
Water, Water: Poems by Billy Collins

Water, Water: Poems

Billy Collins

144 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0booksrockcal's review
nonfiction poetry funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Birth by John Dominic Crossan, Marcus J. Borg

The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Birth

John Dominic Crossan, Marcus J. Borg

258 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0booksrockcal's review
nonfiction religion informative reflective slow-paced