toro's current reads
5 books

In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits by Terry Alford

In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits

Terry Alford

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The Thursday Murder Club

A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #1

Richard Osman

388 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

538 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

7 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

394 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary challenging funny medium-paced