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50 books

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

348 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jsteck's review
fiction thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

Really Good, Actually

Monica Heisey

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

5.0jsteck's review
fiction contemporary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Women

Kristin Hannah

14 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jsteck's review
fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

311 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0jsteck's review
fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

13 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jsteck's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

31 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jsteck's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry

10 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jsteck's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Funny Story by Emily Henry

Funny Story

Emily Henry

11 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jsteck's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

316 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jsteck's review
fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jsteck's review
nonfiction essays history memoir science hopeful informative reflective medium-paced