schopflin's 5 starstar iconreads

110 books

Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They Are Today Winner Illustrated Book of the Year - Edward Stanford Travel Writin by Travis Elborough

Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They Are Today Winner Illustrated Book of the Year - Edward Stanford Travel Writin

Unexpected Atlases

Travis Elborough

208 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history travel informative slow-paced
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies

Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe

Norman Davies

789 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction historical history informative slow-paced
Broken Greek: A Story of Chip Shops and Pop Songs by Pete Paphides

Broken Greek: A Story of Chip Shops and Pop Songs

Pete Paphides

missing page info • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction autobiography biography music emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Au Revoir, Tristesse: Lessons in Happiness from French Literature by VIV Groskop

Au Revoir, Tristesse: Lessons in Happiness from French Literature

VIV Groskop

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction memoir reflective medium-paced
I Never Said I Loved You by Rhik Samadder

I Never Said I Loved You

Rhik Samadder

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature by VIV Groskop

Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature

VIV Groskop

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction essays history memoir reflective fast-paced
The Ratline: Love, Lies, and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive by Philippe Sands

The Ratline: Love, Lies, and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive

Philippe Sands

411 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction autobiography biography crime history politics informative reflective fast-paced
The Reckoning by Jane Casey

The Reckoning

Maeve Kerrigan #2

Jane Casey

483 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt

The Last Samurai

Helen DeWitt

530 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective medium-paced
Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey

Brat Farrar

Josephine Tey

288 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction mystery mysterious tense fast-paced