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The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister

The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

Owen Wister

352 pages • first pub 1902 (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

771 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History by Jori Lewis

Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History

Jori Lewis

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative reflective medium-paced
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Barbara W. Tuchman

784 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series by Barbara W. Tuchman

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series

Barbara W. Tuchman

608 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima by James Mahaffey
Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
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James Mahaffey

Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

James Mahaffey

442 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

418 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Ivanhoe by Walter Scott

Ivanhoe

Waverley Novels #5

Walter Scott

527 pages • first pub 1819 (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous slow-paced
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England by Daniel Pool

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England

Daniel Pool

416 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative lighthearted slow-paced
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra: A Life

Stacy Schiff

368 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced