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The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth

The Etymologicon

Mark Forsyth

252 pages • first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

4.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Last Word by Elly Griffiths

The Last Word

Harbinder Kaur #4

Elly Griffiths

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

3.5schopflin's review
fiction mystery funny mysterious medium-paced
Burning The Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack by Richard Ovenden

Burning The Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack

Richard Ovenden

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Flesh and Blood: A History of My Family in Seven Sicknesses by Stephen McGann

Flesh and Blood: A History of My Family in Seven Sicknesses

Stephen McGann

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.0schopflin's review
nonfiction biography history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey

A Stranger in the Family

Maeve Kerrigan #11

Jane Casey

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.5schopflin's review
fiction contemporary crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence by Gavin Francis

Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence

Gavin Francis

144 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.5schopflin's review
nonfiction health emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer

A Civil Contract

Georgette Heyer

248 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

4.0schopflin's review
fiction historical romance emotional slow-paced
The People on Privilege Hill: And Other Stories by Jane Gardam

The People on Privilege Hill: And Other Stories

Jane Gardam

213 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

3.0schopflin's review
fiction literary short stories hopeful medium-paced
Index, a History of The: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age by Dennis Duncan

Index, a History of The: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age

Dennis Duncan

340 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.5schopflin's review
nonfiction history informative inspiring tense medium-paced
The Explorer's Daughter: A Young Englishwoman Rediscovers Her Arctic Childhood by Kari Herbert

The Explorer's Daughter: A Young Englishwoman Rediscovers Her Arctic Childhood

Kari Herbert

355 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

3.5schopflin's review
nonfiction travel adventurous reflective medium-paced