Frederick Davidson

116 books

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

136 pages • first pub 1899 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
A History of Warfare by John Keegan

A History of Warfare

John Keegan

432 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, Lionel Trilling

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell, Lionel Trilling

232 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Victor Hugo

510 pages • first pub 1831 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
I, Claudius by Robert Graves

I, Claudius

Claudius #1

Robert Graves

468 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark informative medium-paced
Inventing the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor

Inventing the Middle Ages

Norman F. Cantor

480 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis by George Sayer

Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis

George Sayer

457 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction biography reflective relaxing slow-paced
Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrant by J. F. C. Fuller

Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrant

J. F. C. Fuller

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography challenging informative tense medium-paced
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped

David Balfour #1

Robert Louis Stevenson

240 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

fiction classics historical young adult adventurous fast-paced
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 by William Manchester

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932

The Last Lion #1

William Manchester

973 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced