Hanna Jankowska

14 books

Ben-Gurion: A Political Life by Shimon Peres, David Landau

Ben-Gurion: A Political Life

Shimon Peres, David Landau

240 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Dostoevsky in Love: An Intimate Life by Alex Christofi

Dostoevsky in Love: An Intimate Life

Alex Christofi

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging reflective fast-paced
The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro

The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing

Sonia Faleiro

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark medium-paced
A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel

A History of Reading

Alberto Manguel

372 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Horse that Leaps Through Clouds: A Tale of Espionage, the Silk Road, and the Rise of Modern China by Eric Enno Tamm

The Horse that Leaps Through Clouds: A Tale of Espionage, the Silk Road, and the Rise of Modern China

Eric Enno Tamm

512 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby

The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist

Emile Habiby

169 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

558 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

Naomi Klein

568 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari

The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur

Daoud Hari

224 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective fast-paced