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od Jennie Godfrey

A Yorkshire girl's hunt for the Ripper uncovers worse monsters: the ones her neighbors welcome home.

4.13

48 000+

🕵️ Child Sleuth 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🚪 Hidden Domestic Abuse 🏘️ Small Town Racism 👀 Small Town Paranoia

Imerzivní

Seznam podezřelých věcí

A Yorkshire girl's hunt for the Ripper uncovers worse monsters: the ones her neighbors welcome home.

od Jennie Godfrey 2024 464 stran

4.13

48 000+ hodnocení

🕵️ Child Sleuth 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🚪 Hidden Domestic Abuse 🏘️ Small Town Racism 👀 Small Town Paranoia

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

od Dee Brown • 1970

Broken treaties, forced marches, and buffalo slaughter: the American West from the losing side.

4.26

100 000+

🏹 Plains Indian Wars 📜 Broken Treaties 🗺️ Forced Relocation 🏞️ Westward Expansion ⚔️ Settler Colonialism

Imerzivní

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Broken treaties, forced marches, and buffalo slaughter: the American West from the losing side.

od Dee Brown 1970 509 stran

4.26

100 000+ hodnocení

🏹 Plains Indian Wars 📜 Broken Treaties 🗺️ Forced Relocation 🏞️ Westward Expansion ⚔️ Settler Colonialism

Všechno, co jsem ti nikdy neřekla

od Celeste Ng • 2014

She was the daughter they pinned their hopes on. The lake knew what they never asked.

3.83

600 000+

🧬 Biracial Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 😰 Parental Expectations 🖤 Quiet Devastation 🇺🇸 1970s America

Všechno, co jsem ti nikdy neřekla

She was the daughter they pinned their hopes on. The lake knew what they never asked.

od Celeste Ng 2014 297 stran

3.83

600 000+ hodnocení

🧬 Biracial Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 😰 Parental Expectations 🖤 Quiet Devastation 🇺🇸 1970s America

The Museum of Innocence

od Orhan Pamuk • 2008

An Istanbul bachelor's obsession with a lost love becomes a museum of the objects she touched.

3.78

39 000+

🇹🇷 Turkish Literature 💔 Obsessive Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🌧️ Melancholy 🌆 Istanbul Setting

The Museum of Innocence

An Istanbul bachelor's obsession with a lost love becomes a museum of the objects she touched.

od Orhan Pamuk 2008 536 stran

3.78

39 000+ hodnocení

🇹🇷 Turkish Literature 💔 Obsessive Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🌧️ Melancholy 🌆 Istanbul Setting

Women

od Charles Bukowski • 1978

An alcoholic poet, celibate four years, collides with a woman whose chaos equals his own.

3.80

87 000+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🍺 Alcoholic Protagonist 💔 Volatile Romance ✍️ Writer Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

Women

An alcoholic poet, celibate four years, collides with a woman whose chaos equals his own.

od Charles Bukowski 1978 291 stran

3.80

87 000+ hodnocení

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🍺 Alcoholic Protagonist 💔 Volatile Romance ✍️ Writer Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

Prokletí Salemu

od Stephen King • 1975

A writer returns to confront his childhood haunted house, only to find the town dying room by room.

4.10

600 000+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🦇 Vampire Infestation ✍️ Writer Protagonist ✝️ Crisis Of Faith ⚰️ Ancient Evil Awakened

Prokletí Salemu

A writer returns to confront his childhood haunted house, only to find the town dying room by room.

od Stephen King 1975 483 stran

4.10

600 000+ hodnocení

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🦇 Vampire Infestation ✍️ Writer Protagonist ✝️ Crisis Of Faith ⚰️ Ancient Evil Awakened

Second Class Citizen

od Buchi Emecheta • 1974

A Nigerian wife arrives in London chasing freedom. Her husband's fists teach her otherwise.

4.11

4 000+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🇬🇧 Postcolonial London 💔 Abusive Marriage 📚 Education As Liberation 🇳🇬 Nigerian Diaspora

Second Class Citizen

A Nigerian wife arrives in London chasing freedom. Her husband's fists teach her otherwise.

od Buchi Emecheta 1974 174 stran

4.11

4 000+ hodnocení

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🇬🇧 Postcolonial London 💔 Abusive Marriage 📚 Education As Liberation 🇳🇬 Nigerian Diaspora

Shibumi

od Trevanian • 2005

A legendary assassin's Basque refuge is breached by the global network he spent a lifetime evading.

4.17

20 000+

📼 1970s Espionage 🏯 Postwar Japan 🌧️ Melancholy Thriller 💥 Stylish Violence 🕵️ Lone Operative

Shibumi

A legendary assassin's Basque refuge is breached by the global network he spent a lifetime evading.

od Trevanian 2005 486 stran

4.17

20 000+ hodnocení

📼 1970s Espionage 🏯 Postwar Japan 🌧️ Melancholy Thriller 💥 Stylish Violence 🕵️ Lone Operative

The Fall of Heaven

od Andrew Scott Cooper • 2016

Oil wealth, repression, reform: how Iran's last shah built the forces that destroyed him.

4.16

500+

🕌 Modern Iranian History 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏗️ Authoritarian Modernization 🛢️ Oil Economies ☪️ Political Islam

The Fall of Heaven

Oil wealth, repression, reform: how Iran's last shah built the forces that destroyed him.

od Andrew Scott Cooper 2016 608 stran

4.16

500+ hodnocení

🕌 Modern Iranian History 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏗️ Authoritarian Modernization 🛢️ Oil Economies ☪️ Political Islam

The Quarry Girls

od Jess Lourey • 2022

1977 Minnesota: a girl vanishes into the tunnels beneath town, where the sheriff buries his secrets.

4.01

100 000+

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🔍 Missing Girl 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age

The Quarry Girls

1977 Minnesota: a girl vanishes into the tunnels beneath town, where the sheriff buries his secrets.

od Jess Lourey 2022 335 stran

4.01

100 000+ hodnocení

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🔍 Missing Girl 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age

Forever...

od Judy Blume • 1975

Katherine gives Michael her heart, her body, her trust. One summer apart will test them all.

3.62

67 000+

🖤 First Love 🌸 Sexual Awakening 💌 Long-Distance Love 🕰️ 1970s Setting ⛺ Summer Camp

Forever...

Katherine gives Michael her heart, her body, her trust. One summer apart will test them all.

od Judy Blume 1975 178 stran

3.62

67 000+ hodnocení

🖤 First Love 🌸 Sexual Awakening 💌 Long-Distance Love 🕰️ 1970s Setting ⛺ Summer Camp

Daisy Jones & The Six

od Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2019

A magnetic singer joins a rising band. The frontman is married. Their creative fire makes history.

4.20

1 000 000+

🎙️ Oral History Format 🎸 1970s Rock Scene 💔 Forbidden Chemistry 🎵 Band Dysfunction 🎧 Creative Collaboration

Daisy Jones & The Six

A magnetic singer joins a rising band. The frontman is married. Their creative fire makes history.

od Taylor Jenkins Reid 2019 10 stran

4.20

1 000 000+ hodnocení

🎙️ Oral History Format 🎸 1970s Rock Scene 💔 Forbidden Chemistry 🎵 Band Dysfunction 🎧 Creative Collaboration

Bloodline

od Sidney Sheldon • 1977

Her father's fatal climb leaves her a drug empire and a hidden enemy on the board.

3.87

35 000+

🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏭 Family Empire 💊 Pharmaceutical Intrigue 💰 Inheritance Thriller 🏔️ 1970s Europe

Bloodline

Her father's fatal climb leaves her a drug empire and a hidden enemy on the board.

od Sidney Sheldon 1977 409 stran

3.87

35 000+ hodnocení

🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏭 Family Empire 💊 Pharmaceutical Intrigue 💰 Inheritance Thriller 🏔️ 1970s Europe

The Flamethrowers

od Rachel Kushner • 2013

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

3.51

24 000+

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family ⚡ Political Violence 👩‍🎨 Woman Artist

The Flamethrowers

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

od Rachel Kushner 2013 383 stran

3.51

24 000+ hodnocení

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family ⚡ Political Violence 👩‍🎨 Woman Artist

Witness to Surrender

od Siddique Salik • 1977

East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.

3.86

246

🪖 Military Memoir 🌏 South Asian History ⚔️ Civil War 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Witness to Surrender

East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.

od Siddique Salik 1977 245 stran

3.86

246 hodnocení

🪖 Military Memoir 🌏 South Asian History ⚔️ Civil War 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Sweet Tooth

od Ian McEwan • 2012

In 1970s London, an MI5 recruit falls for the writer she was sent to secretly fund.

3.44

52 000+

🕵️ Literary Espionage 📖 Metafiction 💔 Spy Falls In Love 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📝 Novel Within A Novel

Sweet Tooth

In 1970s London, an MI5 recruit falls for the writer she was sent to secretly fund.

od Ian McEwan 2012 320 stran

3.44

52 000+ hodnocení

🕵️ Literary Espionage 📖 Metafiction 💔 Spy Falls In Love 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📝 Novel Within A Novel

The Emergency

od Coomi Kapoor • 2015

When the lights went out at the Indian Express, a journalist knew the democracy had broken.

4.00

1 000+

🏛️ Indian Political History ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📰 Press Censorship 👑 Dynastic Politics ✍️ Political Memoir

The Emergency

When the lights went out at the Indian Express, a journalist knew the democracy had broken.

od Coomi Kapoor 2015 400 stran

4.00

1 000+ hodnocení

🏛️ Indian Political History ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📰 Press Censorship 👑 Dynastic Politics ✍️ Political Memoir

Příběh těch, co odcházejí, a těch, co zůstávají

od Elena Ferrante • 2013

Elena flees Naples through writing. Lila remains. Neither can measure her life without the other.

4.36

200 000+

👯 Female Friendship 📈 Class Mobility 💔 Marital Discontent 🌸 Feminist Awakening 🏙️ Naples

Příběh těch, co odcházejí, a těch, co zůstávají

Elena flees Naples through writing. Lila remains. Neither can measure her life without the other.

od Elena Ferrante 2013 418 stran

4.36

200 000+ hodnocení

👯 Female Friendship 📈 Class Mobility 💔 Marital Discontent 🌸 Feminist Awakening 🏙️ Naples

Ask Again, Yes

od Mary Beth Keane • 2019

One cop shoots his neighbor. The children they leave behind spend decades orbiting the ruins.

3.93

200 000+

🏠 Family Saga 💞 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🧠 Mental Illness ☘️ Irish American 😬 Suburban Tension

Ask Again, Yes

One cop shoots his neighbor. The children they leave behind spend decades orbiting the ruins.

od Mary Beth Keane 2019 388 stran

3.93

200 000+ hodnocení

🏠 Family Saga 💞 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🧠 Mental Illness ☘️ Irish American 😬 Suburban Tension

El vampiro de la colonia Roma

od Luis Zapata • 1979

A Mexico City hustler records his life of sex, drugs, and survival in one unflinching confession.

3.90

3 000+

🎭 Picaresque 💋 Sex Work 📝 Confessional Novel 🖤 Mentor To Lover 😏 Dark Humor

El vampiro de la colonia Roma

A Mexico City hustler records his life of sex, drugs, and survival in one unflinching confession.

od Luis Zapata 1979 224 stran

3.90

3 000+ hodnocení

🎭 Picaresque 💋 Sex Work 📝 Confessional Novel 🖤 Mentor To Lover 😏 Dark Humor

Steal This Book

od Abbie Hoffman • 1971

The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.

3.60

4 000+

🏴 Counterculture Manuals ✊ Direct Action 🎭 Culture Jamming 🗑️ Freegan Living ⚔️ Guerrilla Tactics

Steal This Book

The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.

od Abbie Hoffman 1971 352 stran

3.60

4 000+ hodnocení

🏴 Counterculture Manuals ✊ Direct Action 🎭 Culture Jamming 🗑️ Freegan Living ⚔️ Guerrilla Tactics

Freak Kingdom

od Timothy Denevi • 2018

Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.

4.26

500+

🧪 Gonzo Journalism 🇺🇸 Us Political History ✍️ Literary Biography 😞 Political Disillusionment ☮️ Counterculture Movement

Freak Kingdom

Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.

od Timothy Denevi 2018 416 stran

4.26

500+ hodnocení

🧪 Gonzo Journalism 🇺🇸 Us Political History ✍️ Literary Biography 😞 Political Disillusionment ☮️ Counterculture Movement

The Cry of the Halidon

od Robert Ludlum • 1972

A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.

3.77

6 000+

🕵️ Reluctant Double Agent 🏛️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Thriller 🌴 Jungle Survival 🌍 Postcolonial Tension

The Cry of the Halidon

A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.

od Robert Ludlum 1972 448 stran

3.77

6 000+ hodnocení

🕵️ Reluctant Double Agent 🏛️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Thriller 🌴 Jungle Survival 🌍 Postcolonial Tension

Most Dangerous

od Steve Sheinkin • 2015

After helping plan the Vietnam War, he leaked 7,000 pages proving every president had lied.

4.20

6 000+

🕵️ Whistleblowing 🔒 Government Secrecy 🇻🇳 Vietnam War 🏛️ Watergate Era ⚔️ Cold War

Most Dangerous

After helping plan the Vietnam War, he leaked 7,000 pages proving every president had lied.

od Steve Sheinkin 2015 370 stran

4.20

6 000+ hodnocení

🕵️ Whistleblowing 🔒 Government Secrecy 🇻🇳 Vietnam War 🏛️ Watergate Era ⚔️ Cold War

Wonderland Avenue

od Danny Sugerman • 1989

Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.

4.25

2 000+

🎸 Rock And Roll Excess 💊 Addiction Recovery 🌟 Celebrity Addiction 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism

Wonderland Avenue

Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.

od Danny Sugerman 1989 480 stran

4.25

2 000+ hodnocení

🎸 Rock And Roll Excess 💊 Addiction Recovery 🌟 Celebrity Addiction 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism

The Last Juror

od John Grisham • 2004

A new Mississippi paper owner covers a murder trial as a crime family threatens the jury.

3.96

100 000+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 📰 Small-Town Newspaper 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🌅 1970s South 👑 Crime Family

The Last Juror

A new Mississippi paper owner covers a murder trial as a crime family threatens the jury.

od John Grisham 2004 278 stran

3.96

100 000+ hodnocení

⚖️ Legal Thriller 📰 Small-Town Newspaper 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🌅 1970s South 👑 Crime Family

The Summer Book

od Tove Jansson • 1972

On a tiny Finnish island, a girl and her grandmother meet grief with driftwood and silence.

4.00

57 000+

🧩 Linked Vignettes 🤝 Intergenerational Bond 🏝️ Nordic Island 🕊️ Quiet Grief 🌿 Nature As Solace

The Summer Book

On a tiny Finnish island, a girl and her grandmother meet grief with driftwood and silence.

od Tove Jansson 1972 192 stran

4.00

57 000+ hodnocení

🧩 Linked Vignettes 🤝 Intergenerational Bond 🏝️ Nordic Island 🕊️ Quiet Grief 🌿 Nature As Solace

Mile Marker Zero

od William McKeen • 2011

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

3.93

500+

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture 🎨 Creative Communities 🖊️ Gonzo Journalism

Mile Marker Zero

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

od William McKeen 2011

3.93

500+ hodnocení

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture 🎨 Creative Communities 🖊️ Gonzo Journalism

Play It As It Lays

od Joan Didion • 1970

A Hollywood actress drives the freeways to escape the silence left by a daughter locked away.

3.90

93 000+

🎬 Hollywood Novel 🏚️ Woman On The Verge 💔 Disintegrating Marriage 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 🌴 Los Angeles Fiction

Play It As It Lays

A Hollywood actress drives the freeways to escape the silence left by a daughter locked away.

od Joan Didion 1970 231 stran

3.90

93 000+ hodnocení

🎬 Hollywood Novel 🏚️ Woman On The Verge 💔 Disintegrating Marriage 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 🌴 Los Angeles Fiction

Lake Effect

od Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2026

A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.

3.87

16 000+

🏘️ Suburban Family Saga 💋 Secret Affair 🚪 Closeted Husband 👯‍♀️ Sister Dynamics 🕰️ 1970s Suburbia

Lake Effect

A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.

od Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2026 288 stran

3.87

16 000+ hodnocení

🏘️ Suburban Family Saga 💋 Secret Affair 🚪 Closeted Husband 👯‍♀️ Sister Dynamics 🕰️ 1970s Suburbia

The Irish Midwife

od Stacey Reynolds • 2019

Amid The Troubles, a Belfast midwife and a Dublin Garda discover a love fated by legend.

4.68

500+

💖 Fated Mates 🤰 Midwife Heroine 🇮🇪 1970s Ireland 💣 The Troubles 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga

The Irish Midwife

Amid The Troubles, a Belfast midwife and a Dublin Garda discover a love fated by legend.

od Stacey Reynolds 2019 290 stran

4.68

500+ hodnocení

💖 Fated Mates 🤰 Midwife Heroine 🇮🇪 1970s Ireland 💣 The Troubles 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga

Ghost Town

od Tom Perrotta • 2026

A boy's summer of grief cracks open the secrets his suburban town tried to bury.

3.69

2 000+

🏘️ Suburban Coming Of Age 💔 Grief And Guilt 👻 Haunting 🌾 1970s America 🔮 Ouija Board

Ghost Town

A boy's summer of grief cracks open the secrets his suburban town tried to bury.

od Tom Perrotta 2026 273 stran

3.69

2 000+ hodnocení

🏘️ Suburban Coming Of Age 💔 Grief And Guilt 👻 Haunting 🌾 1970s America 🔮 Ouija Board

A Handful of Hard Men

od Hannes Wessels • 2015

Fewer than 200 Rhodesian soldiers faced 10,000. They won every battle and still lost the war.

4.28

1 000+

⚔️ Special Forces 🎯 Counter-Insurgency 🥷 Covert Operations 🌐 Cold War Proxy Wars 🌍 African Decolonization

A Handful of Hard Men

Fewer than 200 Rhodesian soldiers faced 10,000. They won every battle and still lost the war.

od Hannes Wessels 2015 277 stran

4.28

1 000+ hodnocení

⚔️ Special Forces 🎯 Counter-Insurgency 🥷 Covert Operations 🌐 Cold War Proxy Wars 🌍 African Decolonization

The Rotters' Club

od Jonathan Coe • 2001

Birmingham, 1973: four school friends, their rock band, and the IRA bomb that ends a world.

3.96

16 000+

🎭 Ensemble Coming-Of-Age 🇬🇧 1970s England 💔 Unrequited First Love 🔐 Family Secrets 🎸 Music Obsession

The Rotters' Club

Birmingham, 1973: four school friends, their rock band, and the IRA bomb that ends a world.

od Jonathan Coe 2001 415 stran

3.96

16 000+ hodnocení

🎭 Ensemble Coming-Of-Age 🇬🇧 1970s England 💔 Unrequited First Love 🔐 Family Secrets 🎸 Music Obsession

Kingbird Highway

od Kenn Kaufman • 1997

A sixteen-year-old dropout hitchhikes America for a year to chase a birding record.

4.30

2 000+

🐦 Birding Memoir 🏆 Competitive Birding 🌱 Coming Of Age 👥 Found Family 🛣️ Hitchhiking Adventure

Kingbird Highway

A sixteen-year-old dropout hitchhikes America for a year to chase a birding record.

od Kenn Kaufman 1997 320 stran

4.30

2 000+ hodnocení

🐦 Birding Memoir 🏆 Competitive Birding 🌱 Coming Of Age 👥 Found Family 🛣️ Hitchhiking Adventure

The Mayor of Castro Street

od Randy Shilts • 1982

Shot in City Hall. His killer's light sentence ignited riots that launched the gay rights movement.

4.15

4 000+

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Political History 🌉 San Francisco History 🔫 Political Assassination ✊ Grassroots Organizing 🕯️ Movement Martyrs

The Mayor of Castro Street

Shot in City Hall. His killer's light sentence ignited riots that launched the gay rights movement.

od Randy Shilts 1982 380 stran

4.15

4 000+ hodnocení

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Political History 🌉 San Francisco History 🔫 Political Assassination ✊ Grassroots Organizing 🕯️ Movement Martyrs

Heatwave

od John L. Williams • 2025

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

3.89

134

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing 🎸 Punk Rock 🌍 Multicultural Britain

Heatwave

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

od John L. Williams 2025

3.89

134 hodnocení

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing 🎸 Punk Rock 🌍 Multicultural Britain

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