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Better the Blood by Michael Bennett

Hana Westerman #1

Better the Blood

Michael Bennett

336 pages • 2022 • 15 editions

fiction contemporary thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
5.0 harrietwise's review
Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

441 pages • 2018 • 51 editions

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 harrietwise's review
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino

326 pages • 2024 • 13 editions

fiction literary science fiction emotional funny reflective medium-paced
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Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

11h 25m • 2023 • 17 editions

nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
5.0 harrietwise's review
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

400 pages • 2023 • 53 editions

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
5.0 harrietwise's review
The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw

The Bookseller at the End of the World

Ruth Shaw

320 pages • 2022 • 14 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

26h 30m • 2005 • 57 editions

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 harrietwise's review
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

The Legendborn Cycle #2

Bloodmarked

Tracy Deonn

529 pages • 2022 • 58 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

9h 5m • 2017 • 106 editions

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
5.0 harrietwise's review
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis #3-4

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

Marjane Satrapi

187 pages • 2002 • 29 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
5.0 harrietwise's review