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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty by Robert K. Massie

Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

The Romanovs #3

Robert K. Massie

634 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston

The Monster of Florence

Douglas Preston

322 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

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nonfiction history mystery true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Tampa by Alissa Nutting

Tampa

Alissa Nutting

266 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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fiction contemporary crime dark medium-paced
A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore

A Spell of Winter

Helen Dunmore

313 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

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fiction historical emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters

Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche

Ethan Watters

306 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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nonfiction history psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton

351 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)

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fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Original Australians: The story of the Aboriginal People by Josephine Flood

The Original Australians: The story of the Aboriginal People

Josephine Flood

427 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

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nonfiction history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss by Edmund de Waal

The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss

Edmund de Waal

368 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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nonfiction art biography history reflective slow-paced
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya von Bremzen

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing

Anya von Bremzen

339 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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nonfiction food and drink history memoir reflective slow-paced
The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519 by Christopher Hibbert

The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519

Christopher Hibbert

328 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced