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236 books

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

The Little Stranger

Sarah Waters

528 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

Our Share of Night

Mariana Enríquez

736 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

546 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

5.0captainfez's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Robert A. Caro

1246 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Man-Eating Typewriter by Richard Milward

Man-Eating Typewriter

Richard Milward

15 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark medium-paced
Juice by Tim Winton

Juice

Tim Winton

513 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

5.0captainfez's review
fiction literary speculative fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

Caliban's War

The Expanse #2

James S.A. Corey

595 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging dark fast-paced
The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker

The Mezzanine

Nicholson Baker

144 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
Iran: A Modern History by Abbas Amanat

Iran: A Modern History

Abbas Amanat

41 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham

629 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
nonfiction history science technology challenging informative sad medium-paced