John Curless

20 books

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

Anthony Everitt

364 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Dark Age by Pierce Brown

Dark Age

Red Rising Saga #5

Pierce Brown

757 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Dunstan by Conn Iggulden

Dunstan

Conn Iggulden

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous dark medium-paced
The Fellowship - The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams by Carol Zaleski, Philip Zaleski

The Fellowship - The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

Carol Zaleski, Philip Zaleski

656 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A History of the Twentieth Century: The Concise Edition of the Acclaimed World History by Martin Gilbert

A History of the Twentieth Century: The Concise Edition of the Acclaimed World History

Martin Gilbert

832 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Hyde by Daniel Levine, Robert Louis Stevenson

Hyde

Daniel Levine, Robert Louis Stevenson

416 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical horror adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown

Iron Gold

Red Rising Saga #4

Pierce Brown

601 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Margaret of Anjou by Conn Iggulden

Margaret of Anjou

Wars of the Roses #2

Conn Iggulden

464 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous informative tense medium-paced
Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan

Murder for Christmas

Mordecai Tremaine #4

Francis Duncan

240 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science by Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science

Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin

328 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced