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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (The Neapolitan Novels, #3)

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An introduction to the True Crime genre, these books are part of the cultural zeitgeist or the 'canon' that many would recognize. Look for more niche titles in later Starter Pack volumes.

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Roadside Picnic

Arkady Strugatsky

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a “full empty,” something goes wrong. And the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he’ll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems. First published in 1972, Roadside Picnic is still widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels, despite the fact that it has been out of print in the United States for almost thirty years.

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Jun 28, 2026

I Who Have Never Known Men

4.0

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A book that excites more questions in you than it has itself or tries to answer. I had the thought that I still stand by that the title of the book is sensationalist as the book is barely about Men or is "feminist" in a way one would define feminist literature, but it has this quiet force behind the absurdist story that leave you with thoughts so fundamental to the human condition itself that the book becomes more than the sum of it's parts. It exists beyond the pages it's written in.

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I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

‘For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changed’ Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.

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Thoughts from 60%

I never thought I would say this but this book is becoming so draining in the middle. I want to finish it already 😫 !!

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Jun 26, 2026

A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)

2.0

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I didnt like it.

at all.

I could write more but that wouldn't change mine or anyone else's opinions on the book so I would not.

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A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)

S.T. Gibson

S.T. Gibson's sensational novel is the darkly seductive tale of Dracula's first bride, Constanta. This is my last love letter to you, though some would call it a confession. . . Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things. Finding comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband's dark secrets. With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband. But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death.

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Cults of Books and the Downvote hell

I've come to realise that there are a few books which have a cult-like following where these books are arguably polarizing but the side that loves the book is so enamoured with it that they simply do not engage in any comment made in fair criticism and you end up seeing -20 downvotes on posts that were making a fair assessment.

I was wondering if you have seen such books here too and why, in your opinion, they cause such reaction?

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Cults of Books and the Downvote hell

I was wondering if you have seen such books here too and why, in your opinion, they cause such reaction?

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Cults of Books and the Downvote hell

I was wondering if you have seen such books here too and why, in your opinion, they cause such reaction?

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Not trying to be exceedingly mean but why does the writing in these little intro pages sound like Taylor Swift lyrics??? And I don’t mean that as a compliment! I’m reading this for the October challenge so I’ll give it a chance, but I dunno about this one. Also why is the font so big??? I feel like I’m reading a middle-grade book. It feels like the author just wanted to pad out the book so it didn’t look like a novella.

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S.T. Gibson

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