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110 books

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

The Essex Serpent

Sarah Perry

422 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction fantasy historical literary emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Railways: Nation, Network and People by Simon Bradley

The Railways: Nation, Network and People

Simon Bradley

768 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth by Gitta Sereny

Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth

Gitta Sereny

800 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Professor and Other Writings by Terry Castle

The Professor and Other Writings

Terry Castle

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction biography essays lgbtqia+ memoir reflective slow-paced
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

The Outrun

Amy Liptrot

283 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction memoir nature reflective slow-paced
This Is Not A Diet Book: A User's Guide to Eating Well by Bee Wilson

This Is Not A Diet Book: A User's Guide to Eating Well

Bee Wilson

161 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction self help informative fast-paced
Concretopia: A Journey Around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain by John Grindrod

Concretopia: A Journey Around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain

John Grindrod

464 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
רחוב מזרח מערב by פיליפ סנדס, Philippe Sands

רחוב מזרח מערב

פיליפ סנדס, Philippe Sands

528 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Behindlings by Nicola Barker

Behindlings

Thames Gateway #2

Nicola Barker

544 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction mysterious slow-paced
Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else by James Meek

Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else

James Meek

229 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction economics history politics informative slow-paced