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First and Only by Dan Abnett

First and Only

Gaunt's Ghosts #1

Dan Abnett

320 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
fiction science fiction adventurous fast-paced
The Wolf: The Mystery Raider That Terrorized the Seas During World War I by Richard Guilliatt, Peter Hohnen

The Wolf: The Mystery Raider That Terrorized the Seas During World War I

Richard Guilliatt, Peter Hohnen

382 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction history emotional medium-paced
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

The Shadow of the Torturer

The Book of the New Sun #1

Gene Wolfe

262 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar by Rob Goodman, Jimmy Soni

Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar

Rob Goodman, Jimmy Soni

366 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative tense slow-paced
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

Masaji Ishikawa

172 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

Red Seas Under Red Skies

Gentleman Bastard #2

Scott Lynch

558 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

485 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
Prisoners of Geography, Volume 1: Ten Maps That Explain Everything about the World by Tim Marshall

Prisoners of Geography, Volume 1: Ten Maps That Explain Everything about the World

Politics of Place #1

Tim Marshall

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayor

The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy

Adrienne Mayor

448 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
Life in a Medieval City by Frances Gies

Life in a Medieval City

Frances Gies

288 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced