Susanne Held

13 books

Ancient Worlds: A Global History of Antiquity by Michael Scott

Ancient Worlds: A Global History of Antiquity

Michael Scott

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction classics history informative slow-paced
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Antifragile

Incerto #4

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

519 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction business economics philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Art of the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Art of the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien

240 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction art fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Stephen Hawking

230 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge

The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

Thomas Asbridge

767 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative medium-paced
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

Cordelia Fine

367 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction gender psychology science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien

Farmer Giles of Ham

J.R.R. Tolkien

144 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy short stories adventurous fast-paced
The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History by Greg Woolf

The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History

Greg Woolf

528 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All by Eric Bronson, Gregory Bassham

The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All

Popular Culture and Philosophy #5

Eric Bronson, Gregory Bassham

240 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy adventurous informative slow-paced
A Middle-Earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor by John Howe

A Middle-Earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor

John Howe

192 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction art fantasy adventurous slow-paced