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Any Human Heart by William Boyd

Any Human Heart

William Boyd

480 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0booksabovethebend's review
fiction historical challenging reflective medium-paced
The China Mirage: The Hidden History ofAmerican Disaster in Asia by James D. Bradley

The China Mirage: The Hidden History ofAmerican Disaster in Asia

James D. Bradley

432 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0booksabovethebend's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon

Death at La Fenice

Commissario Brunetti #1

Donna Leon

270 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0booksabovethebend's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon

Death in a Strange Country

Commissario Brunetti #2

Donna Leon

373 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0booksabovethebend's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Death and Judgment by Donna Leon

Death and Judgment

Commissario Brunetti #4

Donna Leon

326 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0booksabovethebend's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire by Roger Crowley

City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire

Roger Crowley

405 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0booksabovethebend's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 by Roger Crowley

Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580

Roger Crowley

341 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0booksabovethebend's review
nonfiction history adventurous fast-paced
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley

1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West

Roger Crowley

304 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0booksabovethebend's review
nonfiction history religion informative fast-paced
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

287 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0booksabovethebend's review
nonfiction science sports adventurous informative reflective fast-paced
Once a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.

Once a Runner

Once a Runner #1

John L. Parker Jr.

226 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0booksabovethebend's review
fiction historical literary sports adventurous emotional slow-paced