bgates's
2025
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Scarred: A Memoir of a Childhood Stolen and a Life Reclaimed by Clark Fredericks

Scarred: A Memoir of a Childhood Stolen and a Life Reclaimed

Clark Fredericks

6h 48m • 2025 • 11 editions

user-added

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective fast-paced
3.0 bgates's review
Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics by Elle Reeve

Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

Elle Reeve

8h 28m • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
2.75 bgates's review
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown

403 pages • 2024 • 79 editions

fiction literary magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
3.0 bgates's review
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

295 pages • 2023 • 31 editions

fiction contemporary literary reflective sad slow-paced
3.0 bgates's review
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

274 pages • 1994 • 111 editions

fiction dystopian fantasy literary science fiction dark reflective sad slow-paced
3.5 bgates's review
Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope by Amanda Nguyen

Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope

Amanda Nguyen

6h 5m • 2025 • 12 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
3.5 bgates's review
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Bad Cree

Jessica Johns

259 pages • 2023 • 24 editions

fiction horror mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
4.25 bgates's review
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

10h 15m • 2000 • 64 editions

nonfiction history adventurous dark informative medium-paced
4.25 bgates's review
The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes

The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource

Chris Hayes

8h 55m • 2025 • 14 editions

nonfiction economics politics technology informative reflective medium-paced
3.25 bgates's review
Wool by Hugh Howey

Silo #1

Wool

Hugh Howey

584 pages • 2012 • 152 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
4.25 bgates's review