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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

488 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale

Herman Melville

720 pages • first pub 1851 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park #1

Michael Crichton

449 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous fast-paced
We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century by Erwin Chemerinsky

We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century

Erwin Chemerinsky

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain by David Shenk

The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain

David Shenk

352 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
The Dwarves by Markus Heitz

The Dwarves

Die Zwerge #1

Markus Heitz

736 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi

Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

Azar Nafisi

223 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction classics literary politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

The Diary of a Bookseller

The Diary of a Bookseller #1

Shaun Bythell

310 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

mkmcelroy's explanation
nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted slow-paced
The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives by Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager

The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives

Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

mkmcelroy's explanation
nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced