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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

William L. Shirer

missing duration info • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction history challenging dark informative slow-paced
Some Time in the Sun: The Hollywood Years of F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Nathanael West, Aldous Huxley and James Agee by Tom Dardis

Some Time in the Sun: The Hollywood Years of F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Nathanael West, Aldous Huxley and James Agee

Tom Dardis

288 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction history reflective medium-paced
Novels and Other Writings : The Dream Life of Balso Snell / Miss Lonelyhearts / A Cool Million / The Day of the Locust / Letters by Nathanael West, Sacvan Bercovitch

Novels and Other Writings : The Dream Life of Balso Snell / Miss Lonelyhearts / A Cool Million / The Day of the Locust / Letters

Nathanael West, Sacvan Bercovitch

829 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics short stories reflective medium-paced
The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov, Michael Glenny

The White Guard

Mikhail Bulgakov, Michael Glenny

304 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics historical dark tense slow-paced
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov

Heart of a Dog

Mikhail Bulgakov

126 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics dystopian dark funny reflective fast-paced
Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food by Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food

Felipe Fernández-Armesto

272 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction food and drink history informative slow-paced
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli by Carlo Levi

Cristo si è fermato a Eboli

Carlo Levi

235 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

395 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

Wise Blood

Flannery O'Connor

236 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics dark reflective medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

304 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced