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The Terrorists by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö

The Terrorists

Martin Beck Police Mystery #10

Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö

324 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0flying_monkey's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

George Smiley #3

John le Carré

224 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0flying_monkey's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Chernobyl by Frederik Pohl

Chernobyl

Frederik Pohl

357 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0flying_monkey's review
fiction historical science fiction thriller emotional tense slow-paced
Sidetracked by Henning Mankell

Sidetracked

Kurt Wallander (Chronological Order) #6

Henning Mankell

512 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0flying_monkey's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
Nocturne of Remembrance by Shichiri Nakayama

Nocturne of Remembrance

Lawyer Mikoshiba #2

Shichiri Nakayama

260 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0flying_monkey's review
fiction mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee

Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction

Alec Nevala-Lee

544 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0flying_monkey's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
The Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de Bodard

The Citadel of Weeping Pearls

The Universe of Xuya

Aliette de Bodard

166 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0flying_monkey's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan

Infinite Detail

Tim Maughan

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0flying_monkey's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging tense medium-paced
Lent: A Novel of Many Returns by Jo Walton

Lent: A Novel of Many Returns

Jo Walton

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0flying_monkey's review
fiction fantasy historical mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem

The Fortress of Solitude

Jonathan Lethem

528 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0flying_monkey's review
fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced