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The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years by Bernard Lewis

The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years

Bernard Lewis

448 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0srm's review
nonfiction history politics religion informative slow-paced
Critical Theory Since Plato by Hazard Adams, Leroy Searle

Critical Theory Since Plato

Hazard Adams, Leroy Searle

1568 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0srm's review
nonfiction philosophy reference challenging informative slow-paced
The Karamazov Brothers by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Karamazov Brothers

Fyodor Dostoevsky

1054 pages • first pub 1879 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1216 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

5.0srm's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War

Mark Bowden

386 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0srm's review
nonfiction history reflective sad tense fast-paced
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

333 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0srm's review
nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Pillars of the Earth

Kingsbridge #1

Ken Follett

973 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0srm's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind

The Kingkiller Chronicle #1

Patrick Rothfuss

662 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0srm's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Riverside Shakespeare by G. Blakemore Evans, William Shakespeare

The Riverside Shakespeare

G. Blakemore Evans, William Shakespeare

2057 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0srm's review
fiction classics play poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter #3

J.K. Rowling

11 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0srm's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced