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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Catch-22 #1

Joseph Heller

453 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0rydwyn's review
fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced
Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist by Richard Shepherd

Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

Richard Shepherd

445 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0rydwyn's review
nonfiction health memoir science true crime informative reflective medium-paced
Frankenstein by Junji Ito

Frankenstein

Junji Ito Collection

Junji Ito

408 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0rydwyn's review
fiction horror manga short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh

Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

Henry Marsh

278 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0rydwyn's review
nonfiction health memoir science informative reflective medium-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

443 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0rydwyn's review
nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

282 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0rydwyn's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

182 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0rydwyn's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

Hogfather

Discworld #20

Terry Pratchett

448 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0rydwyn's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny medium-paced
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

I, Robot

Robot #0.1

Isaac Asimov

224 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)

5.0rydwyn's review
fiction classics science fiction short stories adventurous reflective medium-paced
Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan

Things We Say in the Dark

Kirsty Logan

226 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0rydwyn's review
fiction fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced