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Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Lawrence Wright

538 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0stephanieg1992's review
nonfiction history religion challenging dark slow-paced
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

Jeff Guinn

17 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history religion true crime dark informative sad slow-paced
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

Iris Chang

360 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0stephanieg1992's review
nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

598 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0stephanieg1992's review
nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

10 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0stephanieg1992's review
nonfiction history memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

Men Who Hate Women

Laura Bates

360 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction feminism sociology challenging dark informative medium-paced
Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic by Rachel Clarke

Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic

Rachel Clarke

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction biography memoir science emotional informative sad medium-paced
Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books by Cathy Rentzenbrink

Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books

Cathy Rentzenbrink

230 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir reflective medium-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

485 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
This Land: The Story of a Movement by Owen Jones

This Land: The Story of a Movement

Owen Jones

350 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0stephanieg1992's review
nonfiction politics informative reflective slow-paced