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The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

241 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad slow-paced
Into That Darkness: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder by Gitta Sereny

Into That Darkness: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder

Gitta Sereny

384 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction biography history emotional reflective slow-paced
The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages by Sean Martin

The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages

Sean Martin

192 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history religion challenging informative fast-paced
Edgelands by Michael Symmons Roberts, Paul Farley

Edgelands

Michael Symmons Roberts, Paul Farley

263 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction essays nature travel reflective slow-paced
Seven Flowers: And How They Shaped Our World by Jennifer Potter

Seven Flowers: And How They Shaped Our World

Jennifer Potter

304 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history nature science informative slow-paced
Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe by Gaston Dorren

Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe

Gaston Dorren

304 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history informative fast-paced
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

H is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

300 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction essays memoir nature emotional reflective sad slow-paced
To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway by Christian Wolmar

To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway

Christian Wolmar

304 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history travel adventurous slow-paced
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

Gilead #1

Marilynne Robinson

247 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald

The Rings of Saturn

W.G. Sebald

296 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction autobiography historical literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced