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The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic

The Poppy War #2

R.F. Kuang

658 pages • paperback • 2019

5.0rstock's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Freedom: How we lose it and how we fight back by Evan Fowler, Nathan Law

Freedom: How we lose it and how we fight back

Evan Fowler, Nathan Law

240 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0rstock's review
nonfiction autobiography sociology dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

530 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0rstock's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Rock Paper Scissors

Alice Feeney

294 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0rstock's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Guide by Peter Heller

The Guide

Peter Heller

272 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0rstock's review
fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
China Unbound: A New World Disorder by Joanna Chiu

China Unbound: A New World Disorder

Joanna Chiu

304 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0rstock's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Silence by Shūsaku Endō

Silence

Shūsaku Endō

267 pages • paperback • 1966

5.0rstock's review
fiction historical religion challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

Jung Chang

400 pages • hardcover • 2019

5.0rstock's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up by Liao Yiwu

The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up

Liao Yiwu

352 pages • paperback • 2003

5.0rstock's review
nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre

384 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0rstock's review
nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced