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The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence by Anita Anand

The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence

Anita Anand

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0clay1st's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0clay1st's review
nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

William Finnegan

1167 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0clay1st's review
nonfiction memoir travel adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way by Richard Branson

Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

Richard Branson

416 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0clay1st's review
nonfiction autobiography biography business informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Peter Frankopan

636 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0clay1st's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning by Jeremy Lent

The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning

Jeremy Lent

576 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0clay1st's review
nonfiction history philosophy science informative slow-paced
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

96 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0clay1st's review
fiction classics literary adventurous reflective slow-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

764 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0clay1st's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Blocksize War: The battle for control over Bitcoin's protocol rules by Jonathan Bier

The Blocksize War: The battle for control over Bitcoin's protocol rules

Jonathan Bier

220 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0clay1st's review
nonfiction business technology emotional informative tense medium-paced
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

224 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

5.0clay1st's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective slow-paced