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Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories about People Who Know How They Will Die by Matthew Bennardo, Ryan North, David Malki

Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories about People Who Know How They Will Die

Machine of Death #1

Matthew Bennardo, Ryan North, David Malki

452 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0itsgg's review
fiction science fiction short stories speculative fiction funny slow-paced
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

1276 pages • first pub 1844 (editions)

5.0itsgg's review
fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

314 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0itsgg's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson

14 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0itsgg's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Books #1

Rudyard Kipling

277 pages • first pub 1894 (editions)

5.0itsgg's review
fiction childrens classics short stories adventurous medium-paced
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

306 pages • first pub 1959 (editions) user-added

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nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Blaine Harden

224 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0itsgg's review
nonfiction biography history dark emotional medium-paced
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer

341 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0itsgg's review
nonfiction food and drink health challenging informative medium-paced
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition by Marc Reisner

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

Marc Reisner

582 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0itsgg's review
nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America by Jon Mooallem

Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America

Jon Mooallem

339 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0itsgg's review
nonfiction nature science adventurous informative slow-paced