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290 reviews

Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania by Margo Rejmer

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

Operation Pedestal by Max Hastings

challenging slow-paced

3.5

Balco Atlantico by Jérôme Ferrari, David Homel

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

The Ticket That Exploded by William S. Burroughs

challenging dark slow-paced

3.5

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Robin Williams: When the Laughter Stops 1951-2014 by Emily Herbert

challenging slow-paced

0.5

Anecdotally this was great (what people said about RW) no real contact with anyone who knew him on a personal level. 

Bear: A Novel by Marian Engel

challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

woman has sex/initiates sex with bear??

Not convinced this should have won a prize. Beautifully written but… really

The Patriarchs: How Men Came To Rule by Angela Saini

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective

4.0

The War of the Poor by Éric Vuillard

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.5

Night by Elie Wiesel

emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.0