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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

317 pages • paperback • 1955

4.5jakej's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings #1

J.R.R. Tolkien

407 pages • paperback • 1954

4.0jakej's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

480 pages • 2003

4.0jakej's review
nonfiction business true crime informative medium-paced
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation

Southern Reach #1

Jeff VanderMeer

195 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

The Shadow of the Torturer

The Book of the New Sun #1

Gene Wolfe

262 pages • paperback • 1980

fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

242 pages • paperback • 1998

4.0jakej's review
nonfiction biography history reference informative slow-paced
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny

296 pages • 1967

5.0jakej's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
Oblivion: Stories by David Foster Wallace

Oblivion: Stories

David Foster Wallace

330 pages • paperback • 2004

5.0jakej's review
fiction short stories challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver by Arthur Allen

Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver

Arthur Allen

523 pages • 2007

5.0jakej's review
nonfiction health history science challenging informative slow-paced
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer

Seven Surrenders

Terra Ignota #2

Ada Palmer

368 pages • hardcover • 2017

4.5jakej's review
fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced