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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

David Simon

672 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

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nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor

The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers

Richard McGregor

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
Stalking the Vietcong: Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account by Stuart Herrington

Stalking the Vietcong: Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account

Stuart Herrington

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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nonfiction history
Remembering Heaven's Face: A Story of Rescue in Wartime Vietnam by John Balaban

Remembering Heaven's Face: A Story of Rescue in Wartime Vietnam

John Balaban

336 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

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fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice by Annemarie Mol

The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice

Science and Cultural Theory

Annemarie Mol

216 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy challenging informative slow-paced
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

Feet of Clay

Discworld #19

Terry Pratchett

411 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0mburnamfink's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Watchmen by Alan Moore

Watchmen

Watchmen #01-12

Alan Moore

416 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

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fiction classics comics dystopian graphic novel speculative fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Light by M. John Harrison

Light

Kefahuchi Tract #1

M. John Harrison

336 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

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fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Mindstar Rising by Peter F. Hamilton

Mindstar Rising

Greg Mandel #1

Peter F. Hamilton

432 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

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fiction mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced