Luana Schidu

18 books

Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties by Paul Johnson, Linda Osband

Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties

Paul Johnson, Linda Osband

870 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville by Jay Parini

The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville

Jay Parini

454 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexiévich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Voices of Utopia #5

Svetlana Alexiévich

470 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1

Heather Morris

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Three Sisters by Heather Morris

Three Sisters

The Tattooist of Auschwitz #3

Heather Morris

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Volga Tale by Guzel Yakhina

A Volga Tale

Guzel Yakhina

512 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional reflective slow-paced
When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom

When Nietzsche Wept

Irvin D. Yalom

310 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical philosophy psychology challenging reflective slow-paced
Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina

Zuleikha

Guzel Yakhina

448 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced