Julian Elfer

59 books

The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost by Cathal J. Nolan

The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost

Cathal J. Nolan

728 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Arc by Ben Oliver

The Arc

The Loop #3

Ben Oliver

322 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian thriller young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
At the Edge of the World: The Heroic Century of the French Foreign Legion by Jean-Vincent Blanchard

At the Edge of the World: The Heroic Century of the French Foreign Legion

Jean-Vincent Blanchard

262 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional medium-paced
Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Alfred Döblin

457 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics mystery dark informative medium-paced
Bible: The Story of the King James Version, 1611-2011 by Gordon Campbell

Bible: The Story of the King James Version, 1611-2011

Gordon Campbell

354 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative medium-paced
Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World by Geoff Mulgan

Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World

Geoff Mulgan

280 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction technology informative slow-paced
Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War by Thomas de Waal

Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War

Thomas de Waal

400 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional reflective slow-paced
The Block by Ben Oliver

The Block

The Loop #2

Ben Oliver

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction dystopian thriller young adult dark tense medium-paced
The Borgias: Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy by Paul Strathern

The Borgias: Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy

Italian Histories

Paul Strathern

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
A Brief History of the Samurai: The Way of Japan's Elite Warriors by Jonathan Clements

A Brief History of the Samurai: The Way of Japan's Elite Warriors

Jonathan Clements

356 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction historical history informative slow-paced