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44 books

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Millennium #2

Stieg Larsson

503 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0aslowreader's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

326 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0aslowreader's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

303 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0aslowreader's review
nonfiction history science dark funny informative medium-paced
The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian

The Martian #1

Andy Weir

369 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0aslowreader's review
fiction science fiction thriller adventurous funny tense medium-paced
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

The Cuckoo's Calling

Cormoran Strike #1

Robert Galbraith

455 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0aslowreader's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Millennium #1

Stieg Larsson

532 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0aslowreader's review
fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

302 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0aslowreader's review
fiction historical emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Millennium #3

Stieg Larsson

566 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0aslowreader's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0aslowreader's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Lionel Shriver

400 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0aslowreader's review
fiction contemporary crime literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced