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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

237 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography history reference informative slow-paced
Sayonara, Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Restored And Repackaged by Waldemar Januszczak

Sayonara, Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Restored And Repackaged

Waldemar Januszczak

207 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction art mysterious tense medium-paced
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Civilizations Rise and Fall #1

Jared Diamond

498 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

My Beloved World

Sonia Sotomayor

315 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction autobiography politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda Hirshman

Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World

Linda Hirshman

413 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography feminism history politics informative slow-paced
Coasting: A Private Voyage by Jonathan Raban

Coasting: A Private Voyage

Jonathan Raban

304 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction memoir nature travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble

The Dark Flood Rises

Margaret Drabble

325 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
22-11-1963 by Stephen King

22-11-1963

Stephen King

864 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction historical science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race by Naben Ruthnum

Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race

Naben Ruthnum

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London by Matthew Beaumont

Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London

Matthew Beaumont

496 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced