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Swiftie Bookworm 2025 Challenge - hosted by jesszyl87

Read a book based on true events or with historical themes.

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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
Ben Macintyre

416 pages • hardcover • 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

Ben Macintyre

416 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction history informative medium-paced

The Christie Affair
Nina de Gramont

311 pages • hardcover • 2022 (editions)

fiction historical mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced

The Christie Affair

Nina de Gramont

311 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction historical mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann with Ann Marie Lee (Narrator), Will Patton (Narrator), Danny Campbell (Narrator)

9 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann with Ann Marie Lee (Narrator), Will Patton (Narrator), Danny Campbell (Narrator)

9 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced

Ruthless Vows
Letters of Enchantment #2

Rebecca Ross

420 pages • hardcover • 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Ruthless Vows

Letters of Enchantment #2

Rebecca Ross

420 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

The Lost Girls of Paris
Pam Jenoff

384 pages • paperback • 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

The Lost Girls of Paris

Pam Jenoff

384 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

The House of My Mother
Shari Franke

315 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced

The House of My Mother

Shari Franke

315 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced

My Time to Stand: A Memoir by Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Michele Matrisciani, Melissa Moore

My Time to Stand: A Memoir
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Michele Matrisciani, Melissa Moore with Gypsy-Rose Blanchard (Narrator)

6 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional medium-paced

My Time to Stand: A Memoir

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Michele Matrisciani, Melissa Moore with Gypsy-Rose Blanchard (Narrator)

6 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional medium-paced

A Study in Drowning
A Study In Drowning #1

Ava Reid with Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator)

10 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

A Study in Drowning

A Study In Drowning #1

Ava Reid with Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator)

10 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction fantasy young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

A Song to Drown Rivers
Ann Liang

324 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

A Song to Drown Rivers

Ann Liang

324 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-joo with Jamie Chang (Translator)

163 pages • hardcover • 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo with Jamie Chang (Translator)

163 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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