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The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older

The Mimicking of Known Successes

Mossa & Pleiti #1

Malka Ann Older

169 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0ronpayne's review
fiction lgbtqia+ mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

8 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0ronpayne's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Jade War by Fonda Lee

Jade War

The Green Bone Saga #2

Fonda Lee

591 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ronpayne's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Lathe of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

208 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

5.0ronpayne's review
fiction classics dystopian fantasy science fiction reflective medium-paced
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

522 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ronpayne's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

18 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ronpayne's review
nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

Goliath

Tochi Onyebuchi

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ronpayne's review
fiction science fiction informative inspiring slow-paced
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong

14 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ronpayne's review
nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Even Though I Knew the End

C.L. Polk

136 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ronpayne's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Shards of Earth

The Final Architecture #1

Adrian Tchaikovsky

560 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ronpayne's review
fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced