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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

Casey Cep

336 pages • 2019 • 18 editions

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious medium-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

The Collected Schizophrenias

Esmé Weijun Wang

224 pages • 2019 • 11 editions

nonfiction essays memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

The Revisioners

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

288 pages • 2019 • 7 editions

fiction historical challenging emotional medium-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen

The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

Masha Gessen

544 pages • 2017 • 18 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging dark tense slow-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

325 pages • 2017 • 147 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

338 pages • 2017 • 121 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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Meaty: Essays by Samantha Irby

Meaty: Essays

Samantha Irby

252 pages • 2013 • 9 editions

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective fast-paced
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This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins

This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America

Morgan Jerkins

258 pages • 2018 • 8 editions

nonfiction essays feminism memoir reflective slow-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

344 pages • 2018 • 64 editions

nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
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What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

What is Not Yours is Not Yours

Helen Oyeyemi

325 pages • 2016 • 14 editions

fiction fantasy magical realism short stories challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
5.0 afbaird's review