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245 books

Resuscitation of a Hanged Man by Denis Johnson

Resuscitation of a Hanged Man

Denis Johnson

256 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0jodyjsperling's review
fiction dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports by Jeff Passan

The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports

Jeff Passan

376 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jodyjsperling's review
nonfiction science sports informative medium-paced
Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson

Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries

Jon Ronson

400 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jodyjsperling's review
nonfiction essays funny reflective medium-paced
Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith

Feel Free: Essays

Zadie Smith

464 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jodyjsperling's review
nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced
It by Stephen King

It

Stephen King

1138 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

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fiction classics fantasy horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

630 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jodyjsperling's review
nonfiction biography business technology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Hot Country by Robert Olen Butler

The Hot Country

Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thriller #1

Robert Olen Butler

326 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jodyjsperling's review
fiction thriller slow-paced
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Michael Pollan

256 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jodyjsperling's review
nonfiction food and drink health science informative reflective fast-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jodyjsperling's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

William L. Shirer

1614 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0jodyjsperling's review
nonfiction history challenging dark informative slow-paced