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55 books

The Japan Journals: 1947-2004 by Donald Richie, Leza Lowitz

The Japan Journals: 1947-2004

Donald Richie, Leza Lowitz

510 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0nevinthompson's review
nonfiction history memoir informative lighthearted slow-paced
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henry Watson Fowler

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage

Henry Watson Fowler

748 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

5.0nevinthompson's review
nonfiction reference funny informative medium-paced
Under the Ribs of Death by John Marlyn

Under the Ribs of Death

John Marlyn

264 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

5.0nevinthompson's review
fiction emotional slow-paced
The Guts by Roddy Doyle

The Guts

Jimmy Rabbitte #2

Roddy Doyle

336 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0nevinthompson's review
fiction music funny medium-paced
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies

Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe

Norman Davies

830 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0nevinthompson's review
nonfiction historical history informative slow-paced
John Adams by David McCullough

John Adams

David McCullough

751 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0nevinthompson's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner

The Sheep Look Up

John Brunner

388 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0nevinthompson's review
fiction dystopian science fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
An Age Like This, 1920-1940 by George Orwell

An Age Like This, 1920-1940

The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters #1

George Orwell

600 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0nevinthompson's review
nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

640 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0nevinthompson's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War by Michael Dobbs

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

Michael Dobbs

384 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0nevinthompson's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative tense medium-paced