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Mightier Than the Sword by Jeffrey Archer

Mightier Than the Sword

The Clifton Chronicles #5

Jeffrey Archer

677 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0howgreen's review
fiction historical mystery mysterious tense medium-paced
11/22/63 by Stephen King

11/22/63

Stephen King

864 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0howgreen's review
fiction historical science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

282 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0howgreen's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
Code to Zero by Ken Follett

Code to Zero

Ken Follett

372 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0howgreen's review
fiction historical mystery thriller mysterious fast-paced
Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland by Bryan Sykes

Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

Bryan Sykes

306 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0howgreen's review
nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London by Judith Flanders

The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London

Judith Flanders

560 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0howgreen's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

448 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0howgreen's review
nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat by Giles Milton

Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

Giles Milton

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0howgreen's review
nonfiction history dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J.D. Vance

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0howgreen's review
nonfiction memoir sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan

The Killing Series #6

Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

336 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0howgreen's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced