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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

314 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0realpolypocket's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Chris Hedges

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

Chris Hedges

240 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0realpolypocket's review
nonfiction politics sociology challenging reflective slow-paced
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

241 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

4.25realpolypocket's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad slow-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

152 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0realpolypocket's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
Something Ain't Right by Zachary Stringer, Roger Stringer

Something Ain't Right

Zachary Stringer, Roger Stringer

1 hour, 53 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative sad fast-paced
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

The Amityville Horror

Jay Anson

315 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0realpolypocket's review
nonfiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

268 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

304 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

4.5realpolypocket's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

311 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

4.75realpolypocket's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

319 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced