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A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar

A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors

Michael Farquhar

323 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0daumari's review
nonfiction historical history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
New Spring by Robert Jordan

New Spring

The Wheel of Time #0

Robert Jordan

423 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0daumari's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies #1

Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

319 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0daumari's review
fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark funny medium-paced
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind

The Kingkiller Chronicle #1

Patrick Rothfuss

661 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0daumari's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

George R.R. Martin

835 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0daumari's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

303 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0daumari's review
nonfiction history science dark funny informative medium-paced
The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder by David Quammen

The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder

David Quammen

288 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0daumari's review
nonfiction essays nature science reflective slow-paced
The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

The Gathering Storm

The Wheel of Time #12

Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

783 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0daumari's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

245 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0daumari's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Shades of Grey

Shades of Grey #1

Jasper Fforde

390 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0daumari's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced