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The Thirty Years War by C. V. Wedgwood

The Thirty Years War

C. V. Wedgwood

536 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel

A Place of Greater Safety

Hilary Mantel

749 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical challenging dark tense slow-paced
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino

165 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction classics magical realism reflective slow-paced
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

Ficciones

Jorge Luis Borges

174 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction classics magical realism short stories challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

179 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction dark funny reflective fast-paced
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History by Rebecca Struthers

Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History

Rebecca Struthers

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
Bread of Dreams: Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Europe by Piero Camporesi

Bread of Dreams: Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Europe

Piero Camporesi

218 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century by Joel F. Harrington

The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

Joel F. Harrington

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Public Burning by Robert Coover

Public Burning

Robert Coover

534 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction historical challenging medium-paced
Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson

Wittgenstein's Mistress

David Markson

248 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

208 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced