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45 books

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0marianneiriss's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6) by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)

Sherlock Holmes #6

Arthur Conan Doyle

455 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)

5.0marianneiriss's review
fiction classics crime mystery short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

1276 pages • first pub 1844 (editions)

5.0marianneiriss's review
fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
All That Remains by Sue Black

All That Remains

Sue Black

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0marianneiriss's review
nonfiction memoir science true crime informative reflective medium-paced
Hippolytus by Euripides

Hippolytus

Euripides

108 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0marianneiriss's review
fiction classics play reflective medium-paced
Agamemnon by Aeschylus

Agamemnon

Oresteia #1

Aeschylus

133 pages • first pub -458 (editions)

5.0marianneiriss's review
fiction classics play dark medium-paced
Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss by Rachel Clarke

Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss

Rachel Clarke

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0marianneiriss's review
nonfiction memoir science emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Your Life in My Hands: A Junior Doctor's Story by Rachel Clarke

Your Life in My Hands: A Junior Doctor's Story

Rachel Clarke

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0marianneiriss's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

229 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0marianneiriss's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh

Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery

Henry Marsh

244 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0marianneiriss's review
nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced