Jan Dzierzgowski

28 books

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

Under the Banner of Heaven

Jon Krakauer

400 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history religion true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff

The Witches: Salem, 1692

Stacy Schiff

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Writers Between the Covers: The Scandalous Romantic Lives of Legendary Literary Casanovas, Coquettes, and Cads by Joni Rendon, Shannon McKenna Schmidt

Writers Between the Covers: The Scandalous Romantic Lives of Legendary Literary Casanovas, Coquettes, and Cads

Joni Rendon, Shannon McKenna Schmidt

286 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism by Richard Sennett

The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism

Richard Sennett

176 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Five Star Billionaire: A Novel by Tash Aw

Five Star Billionaire: A Novel

Tash Aw

416 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark mysterious medium-paced
Minus 148 Degrees by Art Davidson

Minus 148 Degrees

Art Davidson

254 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction adventurous slow-paced
Poland in the Modern World: Beyond Martyrdom by Brian Porter-Szücs
Poland in the Modern World: Beyond Martyrdom
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Brian Porter-Szücs

Poland in the Modern World: Beyond Martyrdom

A New History Of Modern Europe (NWME)

Brian Porter-Szücs

392 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus by Fiona MacCarthy

Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus

Fiona MacCarthy

560 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced