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Red Notice

Bill Browder2015

5 of 6 directions open — nothing faster

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  • Catch and Kill

    Ronan Farrow2019

    A journalist tracks the history of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein. He documents the surveillance used to stop the story.

    Same propulsive register, still true crime

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Denser prose

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  • The Argonauts

    Maggie Nelson2015

    A memoir of the author's relationship with her partner and her pregnancy. It mixes personal narrative with academic theory on gender and family.

    propulsive → meditative, still memoir

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  • The Gulag Archipeligo 1918-1956: An Experiment In Literary Investigation I - Ii.

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    A history of the Soviet forced labor camp system based on survivor reports and the author's own imprisonment. It documents state-run repression.

    propulsive → bleak, still memoir

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  • The Education of Henry Adams

    Henry Adams

    A man writes a sardonic third-person account of his life and his failure to adapt to the technological shifts of the late 19th century.

    propulsive → sardonic, still memoir

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To recover

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  • The Rooster Bar

    John Grisham2017

    Three law students realize their school is a scam and drop out to pose as lawyers. They steal identities to survive and pay off their debts.

    propulsive → sardonic

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  • The case of the beautiful beggar

    Erle Stanley Gardner1960

    Perry Mason helps a woman whose uncle's bank account has been drained. When the uncle is committed to a sanitarium, Mason enters the courtroom.

    Same propulsive register

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  • Two-Dollar bill

    Stuart Woods2005

    Attorney Stone Barrington deals with a flamboyant Texas con man who is being pursued by the CIA.

    propulsive → wry

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Slower

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  • The Education of Henry Adams

    Henry Adams

    A man writes a sardonic third-person account of his life and his failure to adapt to the technological shifts of the late 19th century.

    propulsive → sardonic, still memoir

    pace-3·prose+2·bleak0

  • No Archive Will Restore You

    Julietta Singh2018

    The author examines the history of her own body through the lens of race, desire, and pain. It is a collection of fragments and academic theory.

    propulsive → meditative, still memoir

    pace-3·prose+2·bleak-1

  • Confessions

    Augustine of Hippo

    A 4th-century bishop writes a spiritual autobiography addressed to God. He recounts his sinful youth and his eventual conversion to Christianity.

    propulsive → meditative

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Heavier

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  • Broken

    Shy Keenan2008

    The author recounts years of severe physical and sexual abuse by her parents. It follows her journey toward survival and activism.

    propulsive → bleak, still memoir

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  • The Fact of a Body

    Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich2017

    A lawyer investigates a 1992 murder case while confronting her own history of childhood trauma. It blends true crime with personal memoir.

    propulsive → meditative, still memoir

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  • A Child Called "It"

    Dave Pelzer1987

    A memoir of the author's childhood survival against severe physical and psychological abuse by his mother in California.

    propulsive → bleak, still memoir

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