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American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

Maureen Callahan

285 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0thornthistle's review
nonfiction biography true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

Mary: An Awakening of Terror

Nat Cassidy

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0thornthistle's review
fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

The Last House on Needless Street

Catriona Ward

335 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0thornthistle's review
fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

Looking Glass Sound

Catriona Ward

339 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0thornthistle's review
fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney

The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt

Kara Cooney

298 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0thornthistle's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0thornthistle's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

369 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0thornthistle's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir

Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0thornthistle's review
nonfiction memoir true crime emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

Queen of the Damned

The Vampire Chronicles #3

Anne Rice

480 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0thornthistle's review
fiction fantasy horror dark tense slow-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

182 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0thornthistle's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced