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Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky

Pay Dirt

V.I. Warshawski #22

Sara Paretsky

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction mystery thriller
Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World by Laurence C. Smith

Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World

Laurence C. Smith

356 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science informative slow-paced
50 Codes That Changed the World: ... and Your Chance to Solve Them! by Sinclair McKay
50 Codes That Changed the World: ... and Your Chance to Solve Them!
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Sinclair McKay

50 Codes That Changed the World: ... and Your Chance to Solve Them!

Sinclair McKay

400 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction
The Tetris Effect: The Cold War Battle for the World's Most Addictive Game by Dan Ackerman

The Tetris Effect: The Cold War Battle for the World's Most Addictive Game

Dan Ackerman

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history video games informative slow-paced
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment Every Day by Susie Dent

Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment Every Day

Susie Dent

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history reference funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylor

The Scent of Death

Andrew Taylor

480 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction crime historical mystery mysterious tense slow-paced
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver

Naomi Novik

466 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Alex's Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics by Alex Bellos

Alex's Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics

Alex Bellos

448 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics informative lighthearted medium-paced
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