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The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

Jeff Guinn

531 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction biography history religion true crime dark informative sad slow-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

396 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins

390 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

Jenny Lawson

318 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny medium-paced
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

333 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
fiction dystopian literary adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

Anthony Marra

396 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
fiction historical emotional slow-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

771 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

Sheri Fink

558 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction health history science sociology true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

Susannah Cahalan

276 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction health memoir psychology emotional informative medium-paced
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

215 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction biography travel adventurous reflective sad medium-paced