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Mosquito Empires: Ecology and War in the Greater Caribbean, 1620-1914 by John Robert McNeill

Mosquito Empires: Ecology and War in the Greater Caribbean, 1620-1914

New Approaches to the Americas

John Robert McNeill

371 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0coronata's review
nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Bestiary: Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764 by Richard Barber

Bestiary: Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764

Richard Barber

206 pages • first pub 1237 (editions)

5.0coronata's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Thoreau on Man and Nature by Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau on Man and Nature

Henry David Thoreau

61 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0coronata's review
nonfiction classics philosophy poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Rails East to Promontory: The Utah Stations by Richard E. Fike, Anan S. Raymond

Rails East to Promontory: The Utah Stations

Richard E. Fike, Anan S. Raymond

140 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0coronata's review
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

Fractalverse #1

Christopher Paolini

878 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0coronata's review
fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0coronata's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor

Binti: The Complete Trilogy

Binti #1-3

Nnedi Okorafor

356 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0coronata's review
fiction science fiction adventurous emotional medium-paced
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

1024 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0coronata's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious slow-paced
High-Rise by J.G. Ballard

High-Rise

J.G. Ballard

208 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0coronata's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

M.T. Anderson

456 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0coronata's review
nonfiction biography history dark informative sad medium-paced