robertpjones's
2024
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace by Michael Scott-Baumann

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace

Michael Scott-Baumann

279 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
The Last Days: A Son's Story Of Sin And Segregation At The Dawn Of A New South by Charles Marsh

The Last Days: A Son's Story Of Sin And Segregation At The Dawn Of A New South

Charles Marsh

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

4.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction autobiography biography historical memoir politics
On James Baldwin by Colm Tóibín

On James Baldwin

Colm Tóibín

168 pages • missing pub info (editions)

3.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction art
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry

Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

John M. Barry

528 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

4.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape by W. Ralph Eubanks

A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape

W. Ralph Eubanks

268 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction essays history adventurous informative reflective fast-paced
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

The Personal Librarian

Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

341 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

4.0robertpjones's review
fiction historical informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0robertpjones's review
fiction dystopian literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War by Victoria E. Bynum

The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War

Victoria E. Bynum

336 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

3.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
How Fiction Works by James Wood

How Fiction Works

James Wood

265 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction reference challenging reflective slow-paced
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

The Dictionary of Lost Words

Pip Williams

423 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.0robertpjones's review
fiction historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced