If You Got It, Read It Challenge 2021 - hosted by _tina

Read a book you've had forever but won't get rid of
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The Dead Mountaineer's Inn by Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

The Dead Mountaineer's Inn

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

256 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Barbara W. Tuchman

784 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Let's Bring Back: An Encyclopedia of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful, Chic, Useful, Curious, and Otherwise Commendable Things from Times Gone By by Lesley M.M. Blume

Let's Bring Back: An Encyclopedia of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful, Chic, Useful, Curious, and Otherwise Commendable Things from Times Gone By

Let's Bring Back

Lesley M.M. Blume

256 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history reference funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka by Roald Dahl

The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka

Charlie Bucket #1-2

Roald Dahl

314 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession by Ian Bostridge

Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession

Ian Bostridge

528 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography music poetry informative reflective slow-paced
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands

The Blackthorn Key

The Blackthorn Key #1

Kevin Sands

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical middle grade mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

The Hollow Places

T. Kingfisher

355 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

240 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective sad fast-paced
This I Believe by Jay Allison, Dan Gediman

This I Believe

Jay Allison, Dan Gediman

291 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy reflective slow-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

304 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced