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The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments

The Handmaid's Tale #2

Margaret Atwood

432 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
fiction dystopian literary dark tense medium-paced
Programming Perl by Tom Christiansen

Programming Perl

Tom Christiansen

1092 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction reference informative medium-paced
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

360 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey

The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean

Susan Casey

408 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction nature science adventurous slow-paced
Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It by Jill Jonnes

Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It

Jill Jonnes

354 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction history travel informative medium-paced
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

Simon Winchester

416 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Joy Division: Piece by Piece by Paul Morley

Joy Division: Piece by Piece

Paul Morley

384 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction biography music emotional reflective slow-paced
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson

Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival

Joe Simpson

224 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction memoir travel adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced
The Planets by Dava Sobel

The Planets

Dava Sobel

270 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World

Mark Kurlansky

294 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced