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A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

A Darker Shade of Magic

Shades of Magic #1

V.E. Schwab

401 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

3.5jamesbutler0's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald

Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story

Kurt Eichenwald

784 pages • first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

4.5jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction true crime challenging informative tense medium-paced
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

Childhood's End

Arthur C. Clarke

258 pages • first pub 1953 (editions) user-added

4.0jamesbutler0's review
fiction classics science fiction mysterious reflective medium-paced
Flyover Football: How the Big 12 Became the Frontier for Modern Football by Ian Boyd

Flyover Football: How the Big 12 Became the Frontier for Modern Football

Ian Boyd

119 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

3.0jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller by Carlo Ginzburg

The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller

Carlo Ginzburg

219 pages • first pub 1976 (editions) user-added

3.0jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

338 pages • first pub 2000 (editions) user-added

4.0jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction history adventurous informative sad slow-paced
Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up by Alex Speier

Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up

Alex Speier

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

4.5jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction business essays history sports informative medium-paced
City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris by Holly Tucker

City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris

Holly Tucker

353 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

3.5jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

Roger Lowenstein

288 pages • first pub 2000 (editions) user-added

3.0jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction business economics informative fast-paced
Jade War by Fonda Lee

Jade War

The Green Bone Saga #2

Fonda Lee

608 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.5jamesbutler0's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced