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Grandes Horizontales: The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans by Virginia Rounding

Grandes Horizontales: The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans

Virginia Rounding

352 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring slow-paced
Where the Heart Leads by Stephanie Laurens

Where the Heart Leads

Casebook of Barnaby Adair #1

Stephanie Laurens

416 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical mystery romance emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey

The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

Susan Casey

346 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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nonfiction science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder by David Quammen

The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder

David Quammen

288 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science reflective slow-paced
Justine by Lawrence Durrell

Justine

Alexandria Quartet #1

Lawrence Durrell

208 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced
Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer

Powder and Patch

Georgette Heyer

176 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional hopeful slow-paced
Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life by Frances Mayes

Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life

Frances Mayes

301 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel lighthearted slow-paced
The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson

The Loop

Jeremy Robert Johnson

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror science fiction adventurous dark fast-paced
The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained by Colin Dickey

The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained

Colin Dickey

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

svetyas4's explanation
nonfiction history informative mysterious reflective medium-paced
Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer

Regency Buck

Alastair-Audley Tetralogy #3

Georgette Heyer

392 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

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fiction historical romance emotional mysterious slow-paced