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300 books

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

201 pages • first pub 1907 (editions) user-added

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction classics mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

8 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0kurtwombat's review
nonfiction food and drink memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Lawrence Wright

17 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0kurtwombat's review
nonfiction history religion challenging dark slow-paced
The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

The Smartest Guys in the Room

Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

850 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0kurtwombat's review
nonfiction business true crime informative medium-paced
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

The Time Machine

H.G. Wells

141 pages • first pub 1895 (editions) user-added

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
A Hell of a Woman by Jim Thompson

A Hell of a Woman

Jim Thompson

182 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction crime thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson

The Dark Horse

Walt Longmire #5

Craig Johnson

318 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes

The Real Cool Killers

Harlem Cycle #2

Chester Himes

160 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced