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Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Cryptonomicon

Crypto #1

Neal Stephenson

918 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0slippy_underfoot's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart Lee

How I Escaped My Certain Fate

Stewart Lee

378 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0slippy_underfoot's review
nonfiction biography funny reflective medium-paced
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Brighton Rock

Graham Greene

247 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0slippy_underfoot's review
fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Complete Saki by Saki

The Complete Saki

Saki

960 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0slippy_underfoot's review
fiction classics short stories adventurous slow-paced
Four Days in November: The Original Coverage of the John F. Kennedy Assassination by Tom Wicker, Robert B. Semple, The New York Times

Four Days in November: The Original Coverage of the John F. Kennedy Assassination

Tom Wicker, Robert B. Semple, The New York Times

628 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0slippy_underfoot's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin

A Kiss Before Dying

Ira Levin

242 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0slippy_underfoot's review
fiction classics mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Tune In by Mark Lewisohn

Tune In

The Beatles: All These Years #1

Mark Lewisohn

944 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0slippy_underfoot's review
nonfiction biography history music informative medium-paced
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis

Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest

Wade Davis

672 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0slippy_underfoot's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced
Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors by Peter Bogdanovich
Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors
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Peter Bogdanovich

Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors

Peter Bogdanovich

864 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0slippy_underfoot's review
nonfiction history dark informative lighthearted medium-paced
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé by Bob Stanley

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé

Bob Stanley

624 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0slippy_underfoot's review
nonfiction history music emotional reflective slow-paced