davidsmur's
2025
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

The Lady Killer by Masako Togawa

The Lady Killer

Masako Togawa

224 pages • 1963 • 19 editions

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
4.0 davidsmur's review
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

476 pages • 2021 • 327 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
4.0 davidsmur's review
The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

The Noh Mask Murder

Akimitsu Takagi

224 pages • 1950 • 5 editions

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
4.0 davidsmur's review
Strange Houses by Uketsu

The Strange Series #2

Strange Houses

Uketsu

208 pages • 2021 • 73 editions

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
1.5 davidsmur's review
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Time #2

Children of Ruin

Adrian Tchaikovsky

565 pages • 2019 • 53 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
5.0 davidsmur's review
Thus Were Their Faces by Silvina Ocampo

Thus Were Their Faces

Silvina Ocampo

354 pages • 2015 • 6 editions

fiction horror magical realism short stories challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
3.0 davidsmur's review
2666 by Roberto Bolaño

2666

Roberto Bolaño

898 pages • 2004 • 89 editions

fiction literary challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
5.0 davidsmur's review
The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke

Dave Robicheaux #1

The Neon Rain

James Lee Burke

288 pages • 1987 • 25 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
5.0 davidsmur's review
House of Decay by Boris Bačić

House of Decay

Boris Bačić

256 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

user-added

fiction horror
2.0 davidsmur's review
The Best American Noir of the Century by James Ellroy

The Best American Noir of the Century

James Ellroy

624 pages • 2010 • 6 editions

fiction mystery short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
5.0 davidsmur's review