John H. Mayer

27 books

The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz

The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

Adam Gidwitz

384 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction fantasy historical middle grade adventurous fast-paced
The Inventor and the Tycoon: The Murderer Eadweard Muybridge, the Entrepreneur Leland Stanford, and the Birth of Moving Pictures by Edward Ball

The Inventor and the Tycoon: The Murderer Eadweard Muybridge, the Entrepreneur Leland Stanford, and the Birth of Moving Pictures

Edward Ball

447 pages • paperback

nonfiction autobiography biography historical history reflective slow-paced
Life According to Og the Frog by Betty G. Birney

Life According to Og the Frog

According to Og the Frog #1

Betty G. Birney

192 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction middle grade lighthearted medium-paced
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America by Les Standiford

Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America

Les Standiford

336 pages • digital • 2005

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America by Les Standiford

Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America

Les Standiford

336 pages • 2005

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin

Mouthful of Birds

Samanta Schweblin

240 pages • digital • 2009

fiction horror magical realism short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century by Steven Watts

The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century

Steven Watts

656 pages • 2005

nonfiction biography business history informative reflective slow-paced
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway by Doug Most

The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway

Doug Most

416 pages • 2014

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President by Noah Feldman

The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President

Noah Feldman

816 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table by Langdon Cook

Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table

Langdon Cook

336 pages • 2017

nonfiction nature adventurous informative reflective fast-paced