Big Book Reading 2023 - hosted by time4reading

A book prize nominee or winner
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

721 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

In Ascension

Martin MacInnes

512 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary mystery science fiction adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

656 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Skriften i vattnet by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Skriften i vattnet

Blodstormen #1

John Ajvide Lindqvist

472 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

14 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

640 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

Beverly Gage

864 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective medium-paced
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Ruth Ozeki

546 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden

My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route

Sally Hayden

512 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced