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27 books

Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown by Gerri Hirshey

Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown

Gerri Hirshey

500 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Stranger at the Wedding by A.E. Gauntlett

The Stranger at the Wedding

A.E. Gauntlett

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Lovely, Dark, Deep by Joyce Carol Oates

Lovely, Dark, Deep

Joyce Carol Oates

432 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter #2

J.K. Rowling

9 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski

11 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health psychology science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford

The American Way of Death

Jessica Mitford

288 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective medium-paced
In the Distance by Hernán Díaz

In the Distance

Hernán Díaz

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous reflective sad medium-paced
How to Catch a Killer, Volume 1: Hunting and Capturing the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers by Katherine Ramsland

How to Catch a Killer, Volume 1: Hunting and Capturing the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Katherine Ramsland

312 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative slow-paced
The Dragon And The George by Gordon R. Dickson

The Dragon And The George

Dragon Knight #1

Gordon R. Dickson

279 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced
I Left My Homework in the Hamptons: What I Learned Teaching the Children of the One Percent by Blythe Grossberg

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons: What I Learned Teaching the Children of the One Percent

Blythe Grossberg

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography education memoir reflective medium-paced