The 2024 Literary Life Podcast Reading Challenge - hosted by allydee

The Early Middle Ages
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Beowulf by Unknown

Beowulf

Unknown

208 pages • first pub 900 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced
Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead

Byzantium

Stephen R. Lawhead

870 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous challenging slow-paced
Beowulf and the Finnesburg Fragment by John R. Clark Hall
Beowulf and the Finnesburg Fragment
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John R. Clark Hall

Beowulf and the Finnesburg Fragment

John R. Clark Hall

194 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

454 pages • first pub 1889 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy historical adventurous funny reflective slow-paced
The Little Duke (Yesterday's Classics) by Charlotte Mary Yonge

The Little Duke (Yesterday's Classics)

Charlotte Mary Yonge

184 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction childrens classics literary play slow-paced
Monks and Mystics: A.D. 550-1500 by Brandon Withrow, Mindy Withrow

Monks and Mystics: A.D. 550-1500

Chronicles of the Medieval Church

Brandon Withrow, Mindy Withrow

223 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography childrens informative slow-paced
Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle

Otto of the Silver Hand

Howard Pyle

192 pages • first pub 1888 (editions)

fiction childrens classics historical adventurous medium-paced
Matrix by Lauren Groff

Matrix

Lauren Groff

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Letters of Heloise and Abelard: A Translation of Their Collected Correspondence and Related Writings by Héloïse d'Argenteuil, Mary Martin McLaughlin, Bonnie Wheeler

The Letters of Heloise and Abelard: A Translation of Their Collected Correspondence and Related Writings

The New Middle Ages

Héloïse d'Argenteuil, Mary Martin McLaughlin, Bonnie Wheeler

386 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

The Hinges of History #1

Thomas Cahill

256 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced