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52 books

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men

Cormac McCarthy

309 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
fiction crime thriller dark tense medium-paced
A Bit of a Stretch by Chris Atkins

A Bit of a Stretch

Chris Atkins

335 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction memoir true crime emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction essays history memoir science hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry

Streets of Laredo

Lonesome Dove #2

Larry McMurtry

512 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional slow-paced
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

234 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

David Simon

672 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

352 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

306 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced