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125 books

The Covent Garden Ladies: Pimp General Jack & The Extraordinary Story of Harris' List by Hallie Rubenhold

The Covent Garden Ladies: Pimp General Jack & The Extraordinary Story of Harris' List

Hallie Rubenhold

318 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0gfairs's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Appeal by Janice Hallett

The Appeal

The Appeal #1

Janice Hallett

447 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0gfairs's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious tense fast-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

523 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0gfairs's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Parthenon by Mary Beard

The Parthenon

Wonders of the World

Mary Beard

229 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0gfairs's review
nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

Women & Power: A Manifesto

Mary Beard

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0gfairs's review
nonfiction feminism history informative reflective fast-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0gfairs's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Eugene de Kock: Assassin for the State by Anemari Jansen

Eugene de Kock: Assassin for the State

Anemari Jansen

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0gfairs's review
nonfiction autobiography biography historical
The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Pierre Rigoulot, Kang Chol-Hwan

The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

Pierre Rigoulot, Kang Chol-Hwan

272 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0gfairs's review
nonfiction biography history memoir dark informative sad medium-paced
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang

688 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0gfairs's review
nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

The Kind Worth Killing

Henry Kimball #1

Peter Swanson

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0gfairs's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced