journey through history chronologically - hosted by adventurouspotato

World War Era (1900 – 1950 CE)
russian revolution, world wars, holocaust, prohibition, great depression, interwar period, chinese communist revolution, age of flight, golden age of radio, suffragettes
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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

224 pages • first pub 1956 (editions) user-added

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène

God's Bits of Wood

Ousmane Sembène

252 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans

The Coming of the Third Reich

The History of the Third Reich #1

Richard J. Evans

622 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

290 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced
The Diviners by Libba Bray

The Diviners

The Diviners #1

Libba Bray

785 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

496 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Deborah Blum

336 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction health history science true crime dark informative medium-paced
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Catch-22 #1

Joseph Heller

540 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced
The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng

The Great Reclamation

Rachel Heng

464 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced