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The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco

The Prague Cemetery

Umberto Eco

556 pages • first pub 2010 (editions) user-added

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
fiction historical mystery challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico by Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson

Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico

Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson

552 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
nonfiction biography challenging informative slow-paced
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

Lair of Dreams

The Diviners #2

Libba Bray

592 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Express, the World's Greatest Railroad by Christian Wolmar

To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Express, the World's Greatest Railroad

Christian Wolmar

283 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
nonfiction history travel adventurous slow-paced
Congo: The Epic History of a People by David Van Reybrouck

Congo: The Epic History of a People

David Van Reybrouck

656 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative tense medium-paced
The African Wars: Warriors and Soldiers of the Colonial Campaigns by Chris Peers

The African Wars: Warriors and Soldiers of the Colonial Campaigns

Chris Peers

236 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman

Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

Carl Hoffman

322 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
nonfiction biography history travel adventurous informative mysterious slow-paced
The Man-eaters of Eden: Life and Death in Kruger National Park by Robert R. Frump
The Man-eaters of Eden: Life and Death in Kruger National Park
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Robert R. Frump

The Man-eaters of Eden: Life and Death in Kruger National Park

Robert R. Frump

240 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
Death in the Long Grass: A Big Game Hunter's Adventures in the African Bush by Peter Hathaway Capstick

Death in the Long Grass: A Big Game Hunter's Adventures in the African Bush

Peter Hathaway Capstick

297 pages • first pub 1977 (editions) user-added

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
nonfiction nature adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Requiem in Vienna by J. Sydney Jones

Requiem in Vienna

Viennese Mysteries #2

J. Sydney Jones

304 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0nadiajohnsonbooks's review
fiction historical music mystery mysterious medium-paced