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Alpha by Greg Rucka

Alpha

Jad Bell #1

Greg Rucka

448 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Walking With The Comrades by Arundhati Roy

Walking With The Comrades

Arundhati Roy

130 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
nonfiction history politics challenging emotional reflective 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)

5.0archytas's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

Thomas Cromwell #2

Hilary Mantel

412 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional medium-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

653 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Darwin's Armada: Four Voyagers to the Southern Oceans and Their Battle for the Theory of Evolution by Iain McCalman

Darwin's Armada: Four Voyagers to the Southern Oceans and Their Battle for the Theory of Evolution

Iain McCalman

432 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
nonfiction biography history science reflective slow-paced
The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption by Kathryn Joyce

The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption

Kathryn Joyce

352 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
nonfiction politics religion reflective slow-paced
The City & the City by China Miéville

The City & the City

China Miéville

312 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
fiction crime science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

The Golden Notebook

Doris Lessing

635 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
Tenth of December by George Saunders

Tenth of December

George Saunders

251 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
fiction contemporary short stories dark funny reflective medium-paced