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32 reviews

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.25

Babylon Berlin by Volker Kutscher

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tense slow-paced

2.5

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Fighting Proud: The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars by Stephen Bourne

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funny informative sad fast-paced

3.75

The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps by Heinz Heger

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dark informative fast-paced

4.75

Flakhelfer to Grenadier: Memoir of a Boy Soldier, 1943-1945 by Karl Heinz Schlesier

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informative sad medium-paced

4.75

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Life in the Third Reich by Richard Bessel

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dark informative medium-paced

3.25

Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0