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My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden

My Fourth Time, We Drowned

Sally Hayden

480 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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nonfiction history politics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Guest List

Lucy Foley

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction contemporary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown

Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

Daniel James Brown

560 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
In the Language of Remembering: The Inheritance of Partition by Aanchal Malhotra

In the Language of Remembering: The Inheritance of Partition

Aanchal Malhotra

756 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State by Josy Joseph

The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State

Josy Joseph

378 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction dark tense fast-paced
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak

354 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction historical literary magical realism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Ronan Farrow

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction business health true crime informative tense medium-paced
Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore by Manu S. Pillai

Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore

Manu S. Pillai

704 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced