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The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream by Michael Wood

The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

Michael Wood

624 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners by Margaret Visser

The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners

Margaret Visser

470 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction essays food and drink reference informative slow-paced
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters by Henry Gee, Henry Gee

A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

Henry Gee

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Waking Beauty by Dawn K. Lake

Waking Beauty

Dawn K. Lake

233 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nicholas Bethell, David Burg

Cancer Ward

Nicholas Bethell, David Burg, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

576 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Edith Hamilton

384 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

nonfiction classics history reference religion adventurous informative medium-paced
Cosmic Queries: Startalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going by James Trefil, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Cosmic Queries: Startalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going

Neil deGrasse Tyson, James Trefil

312 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction science informative lighthearted medium-paced
A History of Warfare by John Keegan

A History of Warfare

John Keegan

496 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced