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9 books

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

651 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0roux_campbell's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Annual Banquet of The Gravediggers' Guild by Mathias Enard

The Annual Banquet of The Gravediggers' Guild

Mathias Enard

486 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0roux_campbell's review
fiction historical literary magical realism
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

Poor Things

Alasdair Gray

317 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0roux_campbell's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

268 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0roux_campbell's review
fiction crime literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 by Mark Mazower

Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950

Mark Mazower

544 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0roux_campbell's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown

One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time

Craig Brown

642 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0roux_campbell's review
nonfiction biography history music informative medium-paced
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-Dixon

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

Andrew Graham-Dixon

544 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0roux_campbell's review
nonfiction art biography history dark informative medium-paced
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

The Neapolitan Novels #3

Elena Ferrante

418 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0roux_campbell's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

The Story of a New Name

The Neapolitan Novels #2

Elena Ferrante

471 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0roux_campbell's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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