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10 books

They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer

They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45

Milton Mayer

10 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0im_paulina's review
nonfiction history politics dark reflective slow-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0im_paulina's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Fingersmith

Sarah Waters

592 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0im_paulina's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #2

Tamsyn Muir

19 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0im_paulina's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

The Rise and Fall

Stephen Brusatte

10 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0im_paulina's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather

A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

Lina Rather

160 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0im_paulina's review
fiction fantasy historical horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #1

Tamsyn Muir

16 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0im_paulina's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam

Nick Turse

376 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0im_paulina's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative medium-paced
The Seep by Chana Porter

The Seep

Chana Porter

216 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0im_paulina's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction emotional reflective fast-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

558 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0im_paulina's review
fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced