Martin Pokorný

26 books

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It by Yascha Mounk

The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It

Yascha Mounk

400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds

The Quickening Maze

Adam Foulds

261 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary reflective slow-paced
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

Timothy Snyder

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Room of One's Own / Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own / Three Guineas

Virginia Woolf

432 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays feminism informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot by Peter Burke

A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot

Peter Burke

268 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy sociology challenging informative medium-paced
The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde

The Song of the Quarkbeast

The Last Dragonslayer #2

Jasper Fforde

304 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous fast-paced
Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present by Lillian Faderman

Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present

Lillian Faderman

496 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by Ellis Weiner

The Templeton Twins Have an Idea

Templeton Twins #1

Ellis Weiner

227 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction middle grade mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Thinking the Twentieth Century by Tony Judt

Thinking the Twentieth Century

Tony Judt

414 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics informative reflective slow-paced