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The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal by Gore Vidal

The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

458 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction essays politics funny informative reflective medium-paced
American Colonies: The Settling of North America (the Penguin History of the United States, Volume 1) by Alan Taylor

American Colonies: The Settling of North America (the Penguin History of the United States, Volume 1)

The Penguin History of the United States #1

Alan Taylor

544 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner

Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877

Eric Foner

752 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

Greg Grandin

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Philip K. Dick

231 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Neil Sheehan

896 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Ubik by Philip K. Dick

Ubik

Philip K. Dick

216 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

The Oxford History of the United States #4

James M. McPherson

909 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy

L.A. Confidential

L.A. Quartet #3

James Ellroy

512 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism by Kristin Dombek

The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism

Kristin Dombek

160 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction essays philosophy psychology challenging reflective slow-paced