John Curless

24 books

Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan

Murder for Christmas

Mordecai Tremaine #4

Francis Duncan

240 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
Once a Wolf: The Science Behind Our Dogs' Astonishing Genetic Evolution by Bryan Sykes

Once a Wolf: The Science Behind Our Dogs' Astonishing Genetic Evolution

Bryan Sykes

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science adventurous informative fast-paced
Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science by John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science

John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin

328 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Rise of the Tudors by Conn Iggulden

Rise of the Tudors

Wars of the Roses #4

Conn Iggulden

469 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous tense medium-paced
Stormbird by Conn Iggulden

Stormbird

Wars of the Roses #1

Conn Iggulden

512 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous informative tense medium-paced
To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949 by Ian Kershaw

To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949

Penguin History of Europe #8

Ian Kershaw

592 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
To the Far Blue Mountains by Louis L'Amour

To the Far Blue Mountains

The Sacketts #2

Louis L'Amour

287 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous medium-paced
The Walking Drum (Louis l'Amour's Lost Treasures) by Louis L'Amour

The Walking Drum (Louis l'Amour's Lost Treasures)

Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures

Louis L'Amour

576 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous fast-paced
The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Dan Jones

392 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Whispering to Witches by Anna Dale

Whispering to Witches

Anna Dale

304 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced