Jan Dzierzgowski

26 books

1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

304 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig

The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution

Jonathan Eig

416 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History by Stephan Talty

The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History

Stephan Talty

298 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative mysterious fast-paced
The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 by Sinclair McKay

The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945

Sinclair McKay

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

608 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Robert Kolker

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography psychology science emotional informative medium-paced
Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War by Laurence Rees

Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War

Laurence Rees

560 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Hitler at Home by Despina Stratigakos

Hitler at Home

Despina Stratigakos

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara by David I. Kertzer

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

David I. Kertzer

368 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography history religion tense slow-paced
Mad, Bad, and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors by Lisa Appignanesi

Mad, Bad, and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors

Lisa Appignanesi

560 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history psychology informative inspiring slow-paced