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The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

140 pages • first pub 1532 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint by Peter Sarris

Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

Peter Sarris

544 pages • missing pub info (editions)

4.0j_freeman21's review
medium-paced
Shōgun by James Clavell

Shōgun

Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1

James Clavell

1152 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

4.75j_freeman21's review
fiction classics historical adventurous slow-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

David Grann

329 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.25j_freeman21's review
nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Fall: The Mysterious Life and Death of Robert Maxwell, Britain's Most Notorious Media Baron by John Preston

Fall: The Mysterious Life and Death of Robert Maxwell, Britain's Most Notorious Media Baron

John Preston

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.25j_freeman21's review
nonfiction biography politics true crime reflective fast-paced
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East by Nicholas Morton

The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

Nicholas Morton

448 pages • missing pub info (editions)

4.5j_freeman21's review
nonfiction adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced
The Lion House: The Coming of A King by Christopher de Bellaigue

The Lion House: The Coming of A King

Christopher de Bellaigue

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland

Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

Tom Holland

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
New Rome: The Empire in the East by Paul Stephenson

New Rome: The Empire in the East

History of the Ancient World

Paul Stephenson

464 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0j_freeman21's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
The Secret Life of Special Advisers by Peter Cardwell

The Secret Life of Special Advisers

Peter Cardwell

279 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.0j_freeman21's review
nonfiction politics informative medium-paced