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123 books

Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0troystory's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World by Vicki León

Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World

Vicki León

312 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0troystory's review
nonfiction history funny informative medium-paced
Symposium by Plato

Symposium

Plato

149 pages • first pub -380 (editions)

5.0troystory's review
nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Life As We Knew It

Last Survivors #1

Susan Beth Pfeffer

337 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0troystory's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Simonverse #1

Becky Albertalli

303 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0troystory's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Julius Caesar by Suetonius

Julius Caesar

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars #1-12

Suetonius

missing page info • first pub 121 (editions)

5.0troystory's review
nonfiction biography classics history challenging informative slow-paced
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

606 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0troystory's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Oedipus Rex

Sophocles

75 pages • first pub -429 (editions)

5.0troystory's review
fiction classics play dark tense fast-paced
Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Inferno

La Divina Commedia #1

Dante Alighieri

528 pages • first pub 1320 (editions)

5.0troystory's review
fiction classics literary poetry adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

368 pages • first pub 1909 (editions)

5.0troystory's review
fiction classics horror dark mysterious medium-paced