Mari Janatuinen

14 books

Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer

Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

Katja Hoyer

475 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman

The Brain: The Story of You

David Eagleman

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

333 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police by Frank McDonough

The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police

Frank McDonough

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

Humankind: A Hopeful History

Rutger Bregman

496 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy psychology hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Mafia Life: Love, Death and Money at the Heart of Organised Crime by Federico Varese

Mafia Life: Love, Death and Money at the Heart of Organised Crime

Federico Varese

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction crime history challenging informative slow-paced
My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor by Selma Van de Perre

My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor

Selma Van de Perre

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Old Child and Other Stories by Jenny Erpenbeck

The Old Child and Other Stories

Jenny Erpenbeck

120 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction literary challenging mysterious sad slow-paced
Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies by Gordon Corera

Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies

Gordon Corera

446 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

Ruth Ben-Ghiat

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced