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Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, a Mother's Quest for Vengeance by Azam Ahmed

Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, a Mother's Quest for Vengeance

Azam Ahmed

11 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bishop's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative sad fast-paced
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

13 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bishop's review
fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

Peter Godfrey-Smith

6 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0bishop's review
nonfiction philosophy science informative reflective medium-paced
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Being Mortal

Atul Gawande

282 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0bishop's review
nonfiction health memoir science sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits

Del Valle Family #3

Isabel Allende

448 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0bishop's review
fiction historical literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

Jane Mayer

464 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0bishop's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

604 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0bishop's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced