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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

6h 46m • 2019 • 93 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'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 • 50 editions

nonfiction biography business health history true crime dark informative medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • 2021 • 76 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

Lovecraft Country #1

Lovecraft Country

Matt Ruff

12h 14m • 2016 • 51 editions

fiction fantasy horror science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

Garrett M. Graff

906 pages • 2019 • 17 editions

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night

Julian Sancton

368 pages • 2021 • 24 editions

nonfiction history adventurous reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Afterlife by Julia Alvarez

Afterlife

Julia Alvarez

272 pages • 2020 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

The Salt Path

Raynor Winn

288 pages • 2018 • 34 editions

nonfiction memoir nature travel emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share

Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors

Amber Share

212 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

nonfiction nature travel funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny

Chief Inspector Gamache #17

The Madness of Crowds

Louise Penny

448 pages • 2021 • 23 editions

fiction mystery emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review