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236 books

The Deluge by Stephen Markley

The Deluge

Stephen Markley

880 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Libra by Don DeLillo

Libra

Don DeLillo

456 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction historical reflective slow-paced
Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham

Nightmare Alley

William Lindsay Gresham

400 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective slow-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 • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
nonfiction biography history religion true crime dark informative sad slow-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

162 pages • first pub 1962 (editions) user-added

5.0captainfez's review
fiction classics horror literary mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
The Hunter by Julia Leigh

The Hunter

Julia Leigh

170 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction contemporary literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

721 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

Eric Schlosser

656 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
nonfiction history politics science challenging informative tense slow-paced
The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes by James Joyce, Catherine Flynn

The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes

James Joyce, Catherine Flynn

963 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction classics challenging reflective medium-paced
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

Leviathan Wakes

The Expanse #1

James S.A. Corey

573 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0captainfez's review
fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced