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9 books

The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

The Makioka Sisters

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

530 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

Beverly Gage

864 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective medium-paced
The Prophet Armed: Trotsky, 1879-1921 by Isaac Deutscher

The Prophet Armed: Trotsky, 1879-1921

Trotsky #1

Isaac Deutscher

497 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics reflective medium-paced
Journey to the West by Wu Ch'eng-En, W.J.F. Jenner

Journey to the West

Wu Ch'eng-En, W.J.F. Jenner

2346 pages • first pub 1592 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous reflective fast-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

604 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Plains Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee by Jeffrey Ostler

The Plains Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee

Cambridge Studies in North American Indian History

Jeffrey Ostler

387 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. Yeats

Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

W.B. Yeats

432 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry reflective slow-paced
An Introduction to the New Testament by Raymond E. Brown

An Introduction to the New Testament

Raymond E. Brown

878 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative reflective slow-paced
The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter

The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary

Robert Alter

3500 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging reflective medium-paced