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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

213 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

546 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

572 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles by Dominic Sandbrook

Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles

Dominic Sandbrook’s History of Britain #1

Dominic Sandbrook

892 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history informative lighthearted slow-paced
Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock by Phil Sutcliffe

Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock

Phil Sutcliffe

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative slow-paced
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Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order by J. C. Sharman

Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order

J. C. Sharman

216 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business history informative medium-paced
Outsourcing Empire: How Company-States Made the Modern World by Andrew Phillips, J. C. Sharman

Outsourcing Empire: How Company-States Made the Modern World

Andrew Phillips, J. C. Sharman

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

informative medium-paced
The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600-1800 by Jos J. L. Gommans, Pieter C. Emmer

The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600-1800

Jos J. L. Gommans, Pieter C. Emmer

400 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history medium-paced
The Dutch Seaborne Empire, 1600-1800 by C. R. Boxer

The Dutch Seaborne Empire, 1600-1800

C. R. Boxer

326 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

challenging informative medium-paced
The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire by William Maltby

The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire

William Maltby

225 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest: Updated Edition by Matthew Restall

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest: Updated Edition

Matthew Restall

272 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America by Carrie Gibson

El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America

Carrie Gibson

576 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
América: The Epic Story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898 by Robert Goodwin

América: The Epic Story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898

Robert Goodwin

544 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

The Teachings of Don Juan #1

Carlos Castaneda

288 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy reflective slow-paced
Imperial Spain, 1469 - 1716 by J.H. Elliott

Imperial Spain, 1469 - 1716

J.H. Elliott

448 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced