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Odyssey by Stephen Fry

Odyssey

Stephen Fry's Greek Myths #4

Stephen Fry

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
fiction classics historical adventurous funny informative medium-paced
Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb
Fool's Errand
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Robin Hobb

Fool's Errand

The Tawny Man #1

Robin Hobb

662 pages • first pub 2001 (editions) user-added

5.0michaelmarshall's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional sad slow-paced
Politics On the Edge: A Memoir from Within by Rory Stewart

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir from Within

Rory Stewart

454 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
The BBC: A Century on Air by David Hendy, David Hendy

The BBC: A Century on Air

David Hendy, David Hendy

656 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne

The Girl in the Road

Monica Byrne

323 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
fiction fantasy science fiction 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)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell

Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope

Sarah Bakewell

464 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch

The Republic of Thieves

Gentleman Bastard #3

Scott Lynch

650 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
fiction fantasy dark funny reflective medium-paced
Saga: Compendium One by Brian K. Vaughan

Saga: Compendium One

Saga #01-54

Brian K. Vaughan

1328 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
fiction comics fantasy science fiction adventurous fast-paced
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World by Anthony Sattin

Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

Anthony Sattin

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction history adventurous informative reflective medium-paced