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The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South

Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
nonfiction crime history true crime informative reflective slow-paced
Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures by Nick Pyenson

Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures

Nick Pyenson

322 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
Darktown by Thomas Mullen

Darktown

Darktown #1

Thomas Mullen

740 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
fiction crime mystery challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold

Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America

Eliza Griswold

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective sad medium-paced
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

Poirot Investigates

Hercule Poirot #3

Agatha Christie

242 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
fiction classics mystery short stories adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Five-Carat Soul by James McBride

Five-Carat Soul

James McBride

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
fiction contemporary historical literary short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
Shrill by Lindy West

Shrill

Lindy West

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny reflective fast-paced
Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law by Preet Bharara

Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law

Preet Bharara

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
nonfiction memoir politics reflective slow-paced
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami

The Elephant Vanishes

Haruki Murakami

missing page info • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
fiction literary magical realism short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexiévich

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Voices of Utopia #4

Svetlana Alexiévich

240 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced