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59 books

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

Choke

Chuck Palahniuk

304 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0cassieyorke's review
fiction contemporary literary dark funny medium-paced
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

176 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0cassieyorke's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Thousand Names by Django Wexler

The Thousand Names

The Shadow Campaigns #1

Django Wexler

513 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0cassieyorke's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Jackdaws by Ken Follett

Jackdaws

Ken Follett

401 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0cassieyorke's review
fiction historical thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker

Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization

Nicholson Baker

566 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0cassieyorke's review
nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time by John Kelly

The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

John Kelly

12 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0cassieyorke's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Angela's Ashes

The Frank McCourt Memoirs #1

Frank McCourt

363 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0cassieyorke's review
nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott

The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

Karen Abbott

665 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0cassieyorke's review
nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious slow-paced
Mary, Everything by Cassandra Yorke

Mary, Everything

The Flapper Covenant #1

Cassandra Yorke

413 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0cassieyorke's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary adventurous emotional fast-paced