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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Mary Beard

493 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0nicklemus's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive by Philipp Dettmer

Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive

Philipp Dettmer

341 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0nicklemus's review
nonfiction health science challenging funny informative medium-paced
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt

The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt

394 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0nicklemus's review
nonfiction design history informative slow-paced
City Primeval by Elmore Leonard

City Primeval

Elmore Leonard

275 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0nicklemus's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

The Power Broker #01-03

Robert A. Caro

1246 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0nicklemus's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America by Steve Inskeep

Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America

Steve Inskeep

331 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0nicklemus's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective medium-paced
Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts

Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

976 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0nicklemus's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

406 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0nicklemus's review
nonfiction memoir informative medium-paced
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

George Smiley #5

John le Carré

379 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0nicklemus's review
fiction mystery thriller challenging mysterious tense slow-paced
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

George Smiley #3

John le Carré

224 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0nicklemus's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced