The 2024 Literary Life Podcast Reading Challenge - hosted by allydee

The Early Middle Ages
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The Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius by H. R. James, Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius

H. R. James, Boethius

82 pages • first pub 524 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy poetry religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Monks and Mystics: A.D. 550-1500 by Mindy Withrow, Brandon Withrow

Monks and Mystics: A.D. 550-1500

Chronicles of the Medieval Church

Mindy Withrow, Brandon 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 hopeful sad 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, Bonnie Wheeler, Mary Martin McLaughlin

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

The New Middle Ages

Héloïse d'Argenteuil, Bonnie Wheeler, Mary Martin McLaughlin

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
The Once and Future King by T.H. White

The Once and Future King

The Once and Future King #1-4

T.H. White

639 pages • first pub 1958 (editions) user-added

fiction classics fantasy historical adventurous dark slow-paced
Beowolf by Anonymous, Francis Barton Gummere

Beowolf

Anonymous, Francis Barton Gummere

102 pages • first pub 975 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White

The Sword in the Stone

The Once and Future King #1

T.H. White

352 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy historical adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco

536 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction historical mystery challenging dark mysterious slow-paced