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Misery by Stephen King

Misery

Stephen King

370 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0amsswim's review
fiction horror mystery thriller dark tense medium-paced
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Daniel James Brown

337 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0amsswim's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective slow-paced
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

538 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0amsswim's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

246 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0amsswim's review
fiction historical short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

211 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0amsswim's review
fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0amsswim's review
nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
City of Thieves by David Benioff

City of Thieves

David Benioff

258 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0amsswim's review
fiction historical emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0amsswim's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced