Matthias Fienbork

12 books

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

453 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
Headlong by Michael Frayn

Headlong

Michael Frayn

400 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction art historical mysterious fast-paced
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Dava Sobel

192 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative inspiring medium-paced
Orient Express: A Travel Memoir by John Dos Passos

Orient Express: A Travel Memoir

John Dos Passos

156 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

nonfiction travel challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Out of Egypt by André Aciman

Out of Egypt

André Aciman

415 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh

Put Out More Flags

Evelyn Waugh

304 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

fiction classics funny reflective sad slow-paced
Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century by Tony Judt

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

Tony Judt

448 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Spies by Michael Frayn

Spies

Michael Frayn

261 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction historical mystery mysterious slow-paced
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

A Handful of Dust

Evelyn Waugh

308 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics funny reflective slow-paced
Mit Platon in Palästina: Vom Nutzen der Philosophie in einer zerrissenen Welt by Carlos Fraenkel

Mit Platon in Palästina: Vom Nutzen der Philosophie in einer zerrissenen Welt

Carlos Fraenkel

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

medium-paced