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The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Tucker Carrington, Radley Balko

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South

Tucker Carrington, Radley Balko

416 pages • 2018 • 9 editions

nonfiction history true crime informative reflective slow-paced
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Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures by Nick Pyenson

Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures

Nick Pyenson

322 pages • 2018 • 13 editions

nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
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Darktown by Thomas Mullen

Darktown #1

Darktown

Thomas Mullen

740 pages • 2016 • 15 editions

fiction crime mystery challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
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Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold

Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America

Eliza Griswold

336 pages • 2018 • 8 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective sad medium-paced
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Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot #3

Poirot Investigates

Agatha Christie

242 pages • 1924 • 202 editions

fiction classics mystery short stories adventurous mysterious fast-paced
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Five-Carat Soul by James McBride

Five-Carat Soul

James McBride

336 pages • 2017 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary historical literary short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
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Shrill by Lindy West

Shrill

Lindy West

272 pages • 2016 • 14 editions

nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny reflective fast-paced
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Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law by Preet Bharara

Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law

Preet Bharara

368 pages • 2019 • 12 editions

nonfiction memoir politics reflective slow-paced
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The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami

The Elephant Vanishes

Haruki Murakami

missing page info • 1993 • 74 editions

fiction literary magical realism short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexiévich

Voices of Utopia #4

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Svetlana Alexiévich

240 pages • 1997 • 130 editions

nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced
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