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1968: The Year That Rocked the World by Mark Kurlansky

1968: The Year That Rocked the World

Mark Kurlansky

480 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson

Mona Lisa Overdrive

Sprawl #3

William Gibson

320 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris

The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England

Marc Morris

452 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced
A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré

A Most Wanted Man

John le Carré

323 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China by Julia Lovell

The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China

Julia Lovell

458 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O'Brian

The Wine-Dark Sea

Aubrey & Maturin #16

Patrick O'Brian

338 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous slow-paced
The Truelove by Patrick O'Brian

The Truelove

Aubrey & Maturin #15

Patrick O'Brian

304 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous slow-paced
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life by John le Carré

The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life

John le Carré

310 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir informative reflective slow-paced
A Delicate Truth by John le Carré

A Delicate Truth

John le Carré

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller mysterious slow-paced
Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré

Our Kind of Traitor

John le Carré

306 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction crime literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré

A Most Wanted Man

John le Carré

323 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth by John Darnell, Colleen Darnell

Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth

Colleen Darnell, John Darnell

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front by Peter Hart

The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front

Peter Hart

589 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional slow-paced
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk

The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia

Peter Hopkirk

596 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Amin Maalouf

352 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced