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How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever by James Gorman, Jack Horner

How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever

James Gorman, Jack Horner

246 pages • hardcover • 2009

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nonfiction science informative slow-paced
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins

The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution

Richard Dawkins

688 pages • digital • 2004

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nonfiction science informative reflective slow-paced
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

Beth Macy

384 pages • digital • 2018

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nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

246 pages • paperback • 1959

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fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy

368 pages • paperback • 1985

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fiction classics historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Daniel James Brown

337 pages • hardcover • 2009

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nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective slow-paced
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

302 pages • paperback • 2000

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nonfiction history adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition by Paul Watson

Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition

Paul Watson

416 pages • 2017

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nonfiction history science adventurous tense fast-paced
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Hampton Sides

410 pages • 2014

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nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

Earth Abides

George R. Stewart

345 pages • digital • 1949

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fiction classics fantasy science science fiction adventurous reflective slow-paced