Robertson Dean

91 books

American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 by H.W. Brands

American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900

H.W. Brands

686 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana by William M. Leogrande, Peter Kornbluh

Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana

William M. Leogrande, Peter Kornbluh

544 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Beowulf by Anonymous

Beowulf

Anonymous

256 pages • first pub 900 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced
Bessie: Revised and Expanded Edition by Chris Albertson

Bessie: Revised and Expanded Edition

Chris Albertson

314 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography music informative fast-paced
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

Timothy Egan

349 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America's Greatest Unsolved Murder by Piu Marie Eatwell

Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America's Greatest Unsolved Murder

Piu Marie Eatwell

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World by Philip Mudd

Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World

Philip Mudd

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics tense slow-paced
10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help by Benjamin Wiker

10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help

Benjamin Wiker

260 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics reflective slow-paced
The Boyfriend by Thomas Perry

The Boyfriend

Jack Till #2

Thomas Perry

298 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James

688 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction crime historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced