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Timeline by Michael Crichton

Timeline

Michael Crichton

489 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0tessasling's review
fiction historical science fiction thriller adventurous tense fast-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

544 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0tessasling's review
nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia by Orlando Figes

The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia

Orlando Figes

740 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0tessasling's review
nonfiction history dark tense slow-paced
The Birds by Daphne du Maurier

The Birds

Daphne du Maurier

75 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0tessasling's review
fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas #1

John Boyne

216 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0tessasling's review
fiction historical middle grade young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

A Walk to Remember

Nicholas Sparks

170 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0tessasling's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional sad medium-paced
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min

Empress Orchid

Empress Orchid #1

Anchee Min

336 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0tessasling's review
fiction historical romance informative mysterious tense medium-paced
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

503 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0tessasling's review
fiction classics historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

694 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

5.0tessasling's review
fiction classics literary funny reflective slow-paced
Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill

Ursula, Under

Ingrid Hill

476 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0tessasling's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced