Paul Hecht

29 books

The Age of Shakespeare by Frank Kermode

The Age of Shakespeare

Modern Library Chronicles #15

Frank Kermode

214 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Dark Design by Philip José Farmer

The Dark Design

Riverworld #3

Philip José Farmer

464 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason by Russell Shorto

Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason

Russell Shorto

319 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It by Jill Jonnes

Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It

Jill Jonnes

354 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative medium-paced
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

Portuguese Irregular Verbs #2

Alexander McCall Smith

144 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction funny lighthearted medium-paced
From Time to Time by Jack Finney

From Time to Time

Time #2

Jack Finney

304 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction historical science fiction adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Guilty Plea by Robert Rotenberg

The Guilty Plea

Greene and Kennicott #2

Robert Rotenberg

336 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson by Gore Vidal

Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson

Icons of America

Gore Vidal

208 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Old City Hall by Robert Rotenberg

Old City Hall

Greene and Kennicott #1

Robert Rotenberg

384 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith

Portuguese Irregular Verbs

Portuguese Irregular Verbs #1

Alexander McCall Smith

128 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced