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13 books

The Secret Place by Tana French

The Secret Place

Dublin Murder Squad #5

Tana French

480 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0swampreeds's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious slow-paced
Shōgun, Part Two by James Clavell

Shōgun, Part Two

Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1b

James Clavell

864 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0swampreeds's review
fiction historical adventurous dark tense slow-paced
Shōgun, Part One by James Clavell

Shōgun, Part One

Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1a

James Clavell

704 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0swampreeds's review
fiction historical adventurous informative tense slow-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0swampreeds's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade by Delilah S. Dawson

Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade

Delilah S. Dawson

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0swampreeds's review
fiction fantasy science fiction dark emotional tense fast-paced
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

311 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0swampreeds's review
nonfiction history science dark funny informative medium-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

546 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0swampreeds's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

182 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0swampreeds's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

396 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0swampreeds's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Disease and Discrimination: Poverty and Pestilence in Colonial Atlantic America by Dale L. Hutchinson

Disease and Discrimination: Poverty and Pestilence in Colonial Atlantic America

Dale L. Hutchinson

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0swampreeds's review
nonfiction health history challenging informative medium-paced