Simon Slater

19 books

Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden

Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

Richard Ovenden

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World by John Dickie

The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World

John Dickie

496 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Dear Child by Romy Hausmann

Dear Child

Romy Hausmann

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling

342 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction economics psychology science hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Gallows View by Peter Robinson

Gallows View

Inspector Banks #1

Peter Robinson

308 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
The Hanging Valley by Peter Robinson

The Hanging Valley

Inspector Banks #4

Peter Robinson

324 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
Marked for Death by Tony Kent

Marked for Death

Dempsey/Delvin #2

Tony Kent

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag Montefiore

One Night in Winter

Moscow Trilogy #3

Simon Sebag Montefiore

480 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical mystery reflective slow-paced
Quickly, While They Still Have Horses by Jan Carson

Quickly, While They Still Have Horses

Jan Carson

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary short stories emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Two Steps Forward by Anne Buist, Graeme Simsion

Two Steps Forward

Two Steps #1

Anne Buist, Graeme Simsion

358 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction romance adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced