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Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Andrea Lankford

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0mwgerard's review
nonfiction true crime adventurous informative sad medium-paced
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

Daniel James Brown

10 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions)

4.0mwgerard's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann

563 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.0mwgerard's review
nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring by Patti McCracken

The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

Patti McCracken

316 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.0mwgerard's review
nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Ghost Slayers: Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection by Mike Ashley

The Ghost Slayers: Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection

Mike Ashley

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mwgerard's review
fiction historical horror dark mysterious medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0mwgerard's review
fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know by Greg Jenner

Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

Greg Jenner

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mwgerard's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge by Martin Edwards

The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge

Rachel Savernake #3

Martin Edwards

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0mwgerard's review
fiction historical mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo

Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

Roseanne Montillo

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0mwgerard's review
nonfiction biography true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America by Audrey Clare Farley

Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America

Audrey Clare Farley

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.0mwgerard's review
nonfiction history psychology dark emotional informative medium-paced