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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Sam Kean

391 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0scytale's review
nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

188 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0scytale's review
fiction dystopian literary speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima

John Hersey

152 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0scytale's review
nonfiction classics history dark informative sad medium-paced
Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen

Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs

Leonard Cohen

432 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0scytale's review
nonfiction music poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino

326 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0scytale's review
fiction literary science fiction emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling

Qualityland

QualityLand #1

Marc-Uwe Kling

337 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0scytale's review
fiction dystopian science fiction funny 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)

5.0scytale's review
nonfiction history science dark funny informative medium-paced
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

George R.R. Martin

835 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0scytale's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

294 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0scytale's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Severance by Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma

291 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0scytale's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective medium-paced