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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis #1-2

Marjane Satrapi

153 pages • paperback • 2000

5.0lyndseydyan's review
nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

Haunted

Chuck Palahniuk

411 pages • paperback • 2005

5.0lyndseydyan's review
fiction horror short stories dark slow-paced
Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi

Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body

Armand Marie Leroi

448 pages • paperback • 2003

5.0lyndseydyan's review
nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill by Robert Whitaker

Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill

Robert Whitaker

334 pages • 2002

5.0lyndseydyan's review
nonfiction history psychology informative medium-paced
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1

Ransom Riggs

382 pages • paperback • 2011

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fiction fantasy horror young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

496 pages • paperback • 2018

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nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Power by Naomi Alderman

The Power

Naomi Alderman

400 pages • hardcover • 2016

5.0lyndseydyan's review
fiction dystopian literary dark tense medium-paced
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery

262 pages • hardcover • 2015

5.0lyndseydyan's review
nonfiction nature science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine

It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

Megan Devine

249 pages • paperback • 2017

5.0lyndseydyan's review
nonfiction psychology self help emotional reflective sad medium-paced
High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life by Tiffany Jenkins

High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

Tiffany Jenkins

384 pages • paperback • 2017

5.0lyndseydyan's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective fast-paced