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148 books

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

275 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jroberts3456's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

Gilbert King

656 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jroberts3456's review
nonfiction biography history true crime challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

Kory Stamper

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jroberts3456's review
nonfiction memoir reference funny informative slow-paced
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Goon Squad #1

Jennifer Egan

340 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jroberts3456's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Disobedience by Naomi Alderman

Disobedience

Naomi Alderman

240 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jroberts3456's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy

384 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0jroberts3456's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R. Fletcher

Ghosts of Tomorrow

Michael R. Fletcher

394 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jroberts3456's review
fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
The Vorrh by Brian Catling

The Vorrh

The Vorrh Trilogy #1

Brian Catling

485 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jroberts3456's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
The Erstwhile by Brian Catling

The Erstwhile

The Vorrh Trilogy #2

Brian Catling

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jroberts3456's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous slow-paced
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Three-Body Problem

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

Cixin Liu

399 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jroberts3456's review
fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced