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The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie

The Trouble with Peace

The Age of Madness #2

Joe Abercrombie

506 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0valerixia's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie

A Little Hatred

The Age of Madness #1

Joe Abercrombie

480 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0valerixia's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera

Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo

Hayden Herrera

528 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0valerixia's review
nonfiction art biography history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

442 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0valerixia's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

Strong Female Character

Fern Brady

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0valerixia's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny informative medium-paced
The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade by Hannah Durkin

The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade

Hannah Durkin

432 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0valerixia's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative sad slow-paced
Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem

Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames

Lara Maiklem

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0valerixia's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Schrader's Chord by Scott Leeds

Schrader's Chord

Scott Leeds

434 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0valerixia's review
fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

Best Served Cold

First Law World #1

Joe Abercrombie

536 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0valerixia's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Bookshops & Bonedust

Legends & Lattes #0

Travis Baldree

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0valerixia's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced