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Death's End by Cixin Liu

Death's End

Remembrance of Earth's Past #3

Cixin Liu

604 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience by Kirstin Downey

The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience

Kirstin Downey

458 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins

390 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany

Dhalgren

Samuel R. Delany

801 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism science fiction speculative fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

Hogfather

Discworld #20

Terry Pratchett

354 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
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 • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
nonfiction biography business health history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

Mother Night

Kurt Vonnegut

176 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction classics historical dark funny reflective medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

154 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent by Sarah Kendzior

They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent

Sarah Kendzior

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
nonfiction history politics mysterious medium-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0brendamn's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced