Jan Dzierzgowski

28 books

1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

304 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig

The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution

Jonathan Eig

416 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History by Stephan Talty

The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History

Stephan Talty

298 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative mysterious fast-paced
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

571 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction health history science informative slow-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

535 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 by Sinclair McKay

The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945

Sinclair McKay

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

608 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Robert Kolker

377 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography psychology science emotional informative medium-paced
Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War by Laurence Rees

Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War

Laurence Rees

560 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Hitler at Home by Despina Stratigakos

Hitler at Home

Despina Stratigakos

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced