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The Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston

The Life of Herod the Great

Zora Neale Hurston

288 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0gfarinas's review
fiction classics historical reflective medium-paced
Finding the Dragon Lady: The Mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu by Monique Brinson Demery

Finding the Dragon Lady: The Mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu

Monique Brinson Demery

280 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0gfarinas's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Revenge: Stories by Yōko Ogawa

Revenge: Stories

Yōko Ogawa

176 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0gfarinas's review
fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

The Witch and the Tsar

Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0gfarinas's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

The Practice of the Presence of God

Brother Lawrence

54 pages • first pub 1982 (editions) user-added

5.0gfarinas's review
nonfiction history slow-paced
The Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd

The Limehouse Golem

Peter Ackroyd

285 pages • first pub 1994 (editions) user-added

5.0gfarinas's review
nonfiction history medium-paced
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

The Silent Companions

Laura Purcell

317 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0gfarinas's review
fiction historical horror dark mysterious fast-paced
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0gfarinas's review
fiction historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Mao Zedong: A Life by Jonathan D. Spence

Mao Zedong: A Life

Penguin Lives

Jonathan D. Spence

188 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0gfarinas's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
A Nearly Infallible History of Christianity by Nick Page

A Nearly Infallible History of Christianity

Nick Page

456 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0gfarinas's review
nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced