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Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Let the Right One In #1

Let the Right One In

John Ajvide Lindqvist

513 pages • 2004 • 88 editions

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City

Andrea Elliott

624 pages • 2021 • 11 editions

nonfiction biography sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 brendamn's review
Death's End by Cixin Liu

Remembrance of Earth's Past #3

Death's End

Cixin Liu

604 pages • 2010 • 165 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
5.0 brendamn's review
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience by Kirstin Downey

The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience

Kirstin Downey

458 pages • 2009 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins

400 pages • 2015 • 39 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
5.0 brendamn's review
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany

Dhalgren

Samuel R. Delany

801 pages • 1975 • 21 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism science fiction speculative fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
5.0 brendamn's review
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

Discworld #20

Hogfather

Terry Pratchett

354 pages • 1996 • 85 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
5.0 brendamn's review
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

535 pages • 2021 • 53 editions

nonfiction biography business health history true crime dark informative medium-paced
5.0 brendamn's review
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

Mother Night

Kurt Vonnegut

176 pages • 1961 • 57 editions

fiction classics historical dark funny reflective medium-paced
5.0 brendamn's review
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

154 pages • 1942 • 462 editions

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
5.0 brendamn's review