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King Lear by William Shakespeare

King Lear

William Shakespeare

344 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

5.0musicdeepdive's review
fiction classics play challenging dark sad medium-paced
Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

249 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

5.0musicdeepdive's review
fiction classics play dark tense medium-paced
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

140 pages • first pub 1532 (editions)

5.0musicdeepdive's review
nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century by Richard Taruskin
Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century
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Richard Taruskin

Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century

Richard Taruskin

906 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0musicdeepdive's review
nonfiction history music informative slow-paced
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition by Edward Fitzgerald

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition

Edward Fitzgerald

258 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0musicdeepdive's review
fiction
I Ching by Anonymous

I Ching

Anonymous

169 pages • first pub 850 (editions)

5.0musicdeepdive's review
nonfiction philosophy religion reflective slow-paced
Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation by Stephen Mitchell

Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation

Stephen Mitchell

224 pages • first pub 400 (editions)

5.0musicdeepdive's review
nonfiction classics philosophy religion informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso by Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso

La Divina Commedia #1-3

Dante Alighieri

895 pages • first pub 1320 (editions)

5.0musicdeepdive's review
fiction classics poetry challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

1254 pages • first pub 1390 (editions)

5.0musicdeepdive's review
fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging funny slow-paced
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

940 pages • first pub 1615 (editions)

5.0musicdeepdive's review
fiction classics fantasy literary adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced