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27 books

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

301 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love by Robert Karen

Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love

Robert Karen

512 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative reflective slow-paced
The Tears of a Man Flow Inward: Growing Up in the Civil War in Burundi by Pacifique Irankunda

The Tears of a Man Flow Inward: Growing Up in the Civil War in Burundi

Pacifique Irankunda

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Susan Cain

310 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help emotional reflective medium-paced
The Bounce Back by Addie Woolridge

The Bounce Back

Addie Woolridge

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Inspector Oldfield and the Black Hand Society: America's Original Gangsters and the U.S. Postal Detective Who Brought Them to Justice by William Oldfield, Victoria Bruce

Inspector Oldfield and the Black Hand Society: America's Original Gangsters and the U.S. Postal Detective Who Brought Them to Justice

William Oldfield, Victoria Bruce

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime informative mysterious slow-paced
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago

Douglas Perry

304 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced