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El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency by Ioan Grillo

El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency

Ioan Grillo

336 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
nonfiction crime history true crime dark tense fast-paced
Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs by Rex Koontz, Michael D. Coe

Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

Rex Koontz, Michael D. Coe

256 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Ludwig Conspiracy by Oliver Pötzsch

The Ludwig Conspiracy

Oliver Pötzsch

435 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
fiction historical mystery thriller mysterious fast-paced
Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity by Robert Beachy

Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity

Robert Beachy

352 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
Crowns in Conflict: The Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy 1910-1918 by Theo Aronson

Crowns in Conflict: The Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy 1910-1918

Theo Aronson

438 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
nonfiction historical history informative slow-paced
A Song of Shadows by John Connolly

A Song of Shadows

Charlie Parker #13

John Connolly

464 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck

Wolf Winter

Svartåsen #1

Cecilia Ekbäck

378 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
fiction historical mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
A Sailor of Austria: In Which, Without Really Intending to, Otto Prohaska Becomes Official War Hero No. 27 of the Habsburg by John Biggins

A Sailor of Austria: In Which, Without Really Intending to, Otto Prohaska Becomes Official War Hero No. 27 of the Habsburg

Otto Prohaska #1

John Biggins

376 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
fiction historical adventurous informative medium-paced
The Emperor's Coloured Coat: In Which Otto Prohaska, Hero of the Habsburg Empire, Has an Interesting Time While Not Quite Managing to Avert the First World War by John Biggins

The Emperor's Coloured Coat: In Which Otto Prohaska, Hero of the Habsburg Empire, Has an Interesting Time While Not Quite Managing to Avert the First World War

Otto Prohaska #2

John Biggins

349 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
fiction historical adventurous informative medium-paced
The Two-Headed Eagle: In Which Otto Prohaska Takes a Break as the Habsburg Empire's Leading U-Boat Ace and Does Something Even More Thanklessly Dangerous by John Biggins

The Two-Headed Eagle: In Which Otto Prohaska Takes a Break as the Habsburg Empire's Leading U-Boat Ace and Does Something Even More Thanklessly Dangerous

Otto Prohaska #3

John Biggins

416 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
fiction historical informative inspiring medium-paced