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285 books

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Brighton Rock

Graham Greene

299 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Coronation: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin by Boris Akunin
The Coronation: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin
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Boris Akunin

The Coronation: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin

Erast Fandorin Mysteries #7

Boris Akunin

320 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture by

Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0kris_mccracken's review
nonfiction sociology reflective medium-paced
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Michel Foucault

352 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0kris_mccracken's review
nonfiction history philosophy sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
One Day by David Nicholls

One Day

David Nicholls

437 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny sad medium-paced
The Diamond Chariot by Boris Akunin
The Diamond Chariot
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Boris Akunin

The Diamond Chariot

Erast Fandorin Mysteries #10

Boris Akunin

502 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction historical mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Atonement by Ian McEwan

Atonement

Ian McEwan

351 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Open Daybook by David P. Earle

The Open Daybook

David P. Earle

384 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0kris_mccracken's review
nonfiction art adventurous medium-paced
The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany 1944-45 by Ian Kershaw

The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany 1944-45

Ian Kershaw

592 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0kris_mccracken's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles by Roy Jacobsen

The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles

Roy Jacobsen

208 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0kris_mccracken's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced