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Propulsive

Books with an engine — they push so hard you look up and it's somehow 2am and three chapters past your bedtime.

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Books and stacks that feel Propulsive

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Cover of The Truth About the Harry Quebert AffairCover of The Club DumasCover of Shadow of the WindCover of PossessionCover of The Thirteenth Tale
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Literary mysteries that start with a found book

A book turns up where it shouldn't, and somebody starts pulling the thread. Mysteries where the evidence is on paper and the danger is real.

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Melancholic Haunting
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Cover of El reino imposibleCover of Ciudad de salCover of BaconCover of Mala genteCover of Amoniaco
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What I want to read and not leave for last

I want to read them

Unsettling Haunting
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Cover of MentiraCover of Talented Mr RipleyCover of Gone GirlCover of The Silent PatientCover of Shutter Island
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Thrillers where someone pretends to be who they're not

Holding down a borrowed identity for years — and being frighteningly good at it. Thrillers of impostors, false identities and impersonation.

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Claustrophobic Unsettling
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Cover of Boys in the BoatCover of Friday night lightsCover of OpenCover of MoneyballCover of The secret race
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Sports books worth reading even if you hate sports

Stories where the final score is the least of it. The best sports writing is about everything the game drags in with it.

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Cathartic Intimate
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Cover of Of Mice and MenCover of The Old Man and the SeaCover of Animal FarmCover of The OutsiderCover of Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Novels you finish in one sitting

Short enough to swallow whole, sharp enough that you won't want to put them down anyway. For an afternoon, a long train ride, or a night you don't want to sleep.

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Melancholic Unsettling
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Cover of Dark MatterCover of Midnight LibraryCover of Space Between WorldsCover of The long earthCover of Ten Thousand Doors of January
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Books with parallel universes running next to our own

Somewhere close by, another version of everything is playing out right now. Novels about the worlds running parallel to your own.

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Hopeful Mysterious
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Cover of The End of EternityCover of 2001Cover of 1984Cover of The Sirens of TitanCover of Solaris
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Understanding Science Fiction

If you're new to science fiction and want to understand its tropes, here's a stack of books covering what you should probably read to get up to speed

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Epic Mysterious
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