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The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

The Player of Games

Culture #2

Iain M. Banks

405 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0shetef's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

9 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0shetef's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo

Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World

Yepoka Yeebo

12 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0shetef's review
nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Michael Chabon

12 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0shetef's review
fiction mystery science fiction dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy by Talia Lavin

Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

Talia Lavin

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0shetef's review
nonfiction politics race technology reflective slow-paced
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

John Ganz

15 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0shetef's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel by Eli Valley

Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel

Eli Valley

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0shetef's review
nonfiction comics politics
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire by Bart van Loo

The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire

Bart van Loo

21 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0shetef's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

The Colour of Magic

Discworld #1

Terry Pratchett

288 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0shetef's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Complete Elfquest, Volume One: The Original Quest by Richard Pini, Wendy Pini

The Complete Elfquest, Volume One: The Original Quest

The Complete ElfQuest (Dark Horse Comics) #1

Richard Pini, Wendy Pini

720 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0shetef's review
fiction comics fantasy adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced