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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Robert A. Caro

1246 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

George R.R. Martin

835 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

Last Argument of Kings

The First Law #3

Joe Abercrombie

536 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker

The Darkness That Comes Before

The Prince of Nothing #1

R. Scott Bakker

608 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
To Green Angel Tower: Part 2 by Tad Williams

To Green Angel Tower: Part 2

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #4

Tad Williams

816 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson

529 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Red Knight by Miles Cameron

The Red Knight

The Traitor Son Cycle #1

Miles Cameron

650 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny

Nine Princes in Amber

The Chronicles of Amber #1

Roger Zelazny

175 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

499 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
nonfiction psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story by Stephen R. Donaldson

The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story

The Gap Cycle #1

Stephen R. Donaldson

241 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark fast-paced