John H. Mayer

21 books

Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America by Les Standiford

Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America

Les Standiford

336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin

Mouthful of Birds

Samanta Schweblin

240 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction horror magical realism short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century by Steven Watts

The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century

Steven Watts

656 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history informative reflective slow-paced
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway by Doug Most

The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway

Doug Most

416 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President by Noah Feldman

The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President

Noah Feldman

816 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table by Langdon Cook

Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table

Langdon Cook

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction nature adventurous informative reflective fast-paced
A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America by Tony Horwitz

A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America

Tony Horwitz

464 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
American Gunfight: The Plot to Kill Harry Truman and the Shoot-Out That Stopped It by John Bainbridge Jr., Stephen Hunter, John H. Mayer

American Gunfight: The Plot to Kill Harry Truman and the Shoot-Out That Stopped It

John Bainbridge Jr., Stephen Hunter, John H. Mayer

missing page info • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history politics true crime informative medium-paced
Empire Of Blue Water: Henry Morgan And The Pirates Who Rules The Caribbean Waves by Stephan Talty

Empire Of Blue Water: Henry Morgan And The Pirates Who Rules The Caribbean Waves

Stephan Talty

332 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Life According to Og the Frog by Betty G. Birney, John H. Mayer

Life According to Og the Frog

According to Humphrey

Betty G. Birney, John H. Mayer

missing page info • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction childrens lighthearted medium-paced