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22 books

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

13 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0thebookgremlin's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced
Nomad by James Swallow

Nomad

Marc Dane #1

James Swallow

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0thebookgremlin's review
fiction crime thriller dark tense fast-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0thebookgremlin's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

399 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0thebookgremlin's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty

Still Life with Bones

Alexa Hagerty

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0thebookgremlin's review
nonfiction history memoir true crime challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

Bill Browder

14 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

5.0thebookgremlin's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative tense medium-paced
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Notes on an Execution

Danya Kukafka

9 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0thebookgremlin's review
fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

15 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0thebookgremlin's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

5 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0thebookgremlin's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

6 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

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