René van Veen

22 books

Cousin Rosamund by Rebecca West

Cousin Rosamund

Aubrey Trilogy #3

Rebecca West

304 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction classics historical funny reflective sad slow-paced
The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found by Bart van Es

The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found

Bart van Es

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective slow-paced
The Eagle and the Wolves by Simon Scarrow

The Eagle and the Wolves

Eagles of the Empire #4

Simon Scarrow

432 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous tense medium-paced
Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer by Ruth Martin, Bettina Stangneth

Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer

Ruth Martin, Bettina Stangneth

608 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective sad slow-paced
Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto

Galveston

Nic Pizzolatto

258 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

608 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke

Heaven, My Home

A Highway 59 Novel #2

Attica Locke

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Heights by Louise Candlish

The Heights

Louise Candlish

448 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction thriller dark reflective tense medium-paced
Our House by Louise Candlish

Our House

Louise Candlish

401 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Rules of Civility

Amor Towles

335 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced