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Ghosted: A Social History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking by Alice Vernon

Ghosted: A Social History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking

Alice Vernon

320 pages • digital

nonfiction
One of Us by Dan Chaon

One of Us

Dan Chaon

288 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction historical thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Belle Starr: The Truth Behind the Wild West Legend by Michael Wallis

Belle Starr: The Truth Behind the Wild West Legend

Michael Wallis

544 pages • hardcover

nonfiction biography history
A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken

A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction

Elizabeth McCracken

208 pages • hardcover

nonfiction essays literary
The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to Be as They Are. by Henry Petroski

The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to Be as They Are.

Henry Petroski

304 pages • paperback • 1994

nonfiction design history science challenging informative slow-paced
The Illustrated Police News: The Shocks, ScandalsSensations of the Week 1864-1938 by Linda Stratmann

The Illustrated Police News: The Shocks, ScandalsSensations of the Week 1864-1938

Linda Stratmann

224 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction history reference informative medium-paced
The Paper Chase: The Printer, the Spymaster, and the Hunt for the Rebel Pamphleteers by Joseph Hone

The Paper Chase: The Printer, the Spymaster, and the Hunt for the Rebel Pamphleteers

Joseph Hone

272 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction informative tense slow-paced
Book Curses by Eleanor Baker

Book Curses

Eleanor Baker

118 pages • hardcover • 2024 user-added

nonfiction history
The Missing Pages by Alyson Richman

The Missing Pages

Alyson Richman

352 pages • digital • 2024 user-added

fiction historical
The Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon

The Yellow Dog

Inspector Maigret #6

Georges Simenon

136 pages • paperback • 1931

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
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