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The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Mists of Avalon

Avalon #1

Marion Zimmer Bradley

50 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0theatomicblonde22's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark slow-paced
The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman

The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul

Eleanor Herman

10 hours, 31 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0theatomicblonde22's review
nonfiction history science true crime challenging informative medium-paced
Harry Potter: A History of Magic by Roger Highfield, J.K. Rowling, British Library, Owen Davies, Lucy Mangan, Tim Peake, Anna Pavord, Julia Eccleshare, Steve Kloves, Steve Backshall, Richard Coles

Harry Potter: A History of Magic

Harry Potter: A History of Magic Exhibition

Roger Highfield, J.K. Rowling, British Library, Owen Davies, Lucy Mangan, Tim Peake, Anna Pavord, Julia Eccleshare, Steve Kloves, Steve Backshall, Richard Coles

11 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0theatomicblonde22's review
nonfiction fantasy young adult informative medium-paced
Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain by Amy Jeffs

Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain

Amy Jeffs

3 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

5.0theatomicblonde22's review
nonfiction history poetry adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World by Emma Southon

Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World

Emma Southon

9 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0theatomicblonde22's review
nonfiction biography feminism history informative medium-paced
The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor: Elizabeth I, Thomas Seymour, and the Making of a Virgin Queen by Elizabeth Norton

The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor: Elizabeth I, Thomas Seymour, and the Making of a Virgin Queen

Elizabeth Norton

9 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0theatomicblonde22's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe by Julia Fox, John Guy

Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

Julia Fox, John Guy

17 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0theatomicblonde22's review
nonfiction biography history challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder

Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Elizabeth Winder

5 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0theatomicblonde22's review
nonfiction biography history dark informative reflective medium-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

18 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0theatomicblonde22's review
nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

8 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0theatomicblonde22's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced