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107 books

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Wild Dark Shore

Charlotte McConaghy

329 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0bethbarron's review
fiction literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution by Martin Padgett

A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution

Martin Padgett

10 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

5.0bethbarron's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

Ina Garten

9 hours • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0bethbarron's review
nonfiction food and drink memoir inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

Wright Thompson

11 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0bethbarron's review
nonfiction history true crime dark emotional informative medium-paced
Trust by Hernán Díaz

Trust

Hernán Díaz

402 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bethbarron's review
fiction historical literary challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Fates and Furies

Lauren Groff

14 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0bethbarron's review
fiction literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

Two Twisted Crowns

The Shepherd King #2

Rachel Gillig

434 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bethbarron's review
fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

One Dark Window

The Shepherd King #1

Rachel Gillig

421 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bethbarron's review
fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bethbarron's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Our Missing Hearts

Celeste Ng

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bethbarron's review
fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced