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In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child by Kim Cross

In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child

Kim Cross

464 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

Mr. Mercedes

Bill Hodges Trilogy #1

Stephen King

437 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves by Farley Mowat

Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

Farley Mowat

164 pages • first pub 1963 (editions) user-added

5.0christinel's review
nonfiction nature science adventurous informative medium-paced
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt

The English Understand Wool

Helen DeWitt

69 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
fiction literary challenging reflective medium-paced
The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa by Michael Kimmelman

The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa

Michael Kimmelman

245 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
nonfiction art essays philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

Shawn Levy

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
nonfiction history true crime lighthearted slow-paced
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

309 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
fiction fantasy dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash

When Ghosts Come Home

Wiley Cash

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
fiction mystery thriller emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

333 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace

Betsy-Tacy

Betsy-Tacy #1

Maud Hart Lovelace

144 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
fiction childrens classics historical middle grade lighthearted relaxing medium-paced