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Empress Orchid by Anchee Min

Empress Orchid #1

Empress Orchid

Anchee Min

336 pages • 2003 • 34 editions

fiction historical romance informative mysterious tense medium-paced
5.0 shona_rea...'s review
Masquerade and Civilization: The Carnivalesque in Eighteenth-Century English Culture and Fiction by Terry Castle

Masquerade and Civilization: The Carnivalesque in Eighteenth-Century English Culture and Fiction

Terry Castle

395 pages • 1986 • 3 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
5.0 shona_rea...'s review
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Charlotte's Web

E.B. White

192 pages • 1952 • 135 editions

fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
5.0 shona_rea...'s review
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

Tipping the Velvet

Sarah Waters

477 pages • 1998 • 67 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
5.0 shona_rea...'s review
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

French Trilogy #2

Birdsong

Sebastian Faulks

518 pages • 1993 • 43 editions

fiction classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced
5.0 shona_rea...'s review
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale #1

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

311 pages • 1985 • 398 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
5.0 shona_rea...'s review
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman

Sally Lockhart Mysteries #1

The Ruby in the Smoke

Philip Pullman

230 pages • 1985 • 56 editions

fiction historical mystery young adult adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
5.0 shona_rea...'s review
Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser

Medieval Women Boxset

Mary Queen of Scots

Antonia Fraser

640 pages • 1969 • 18 editions

nonfiction biography historical history challenging informative slow-paced
5.0 shona_rea...'s review
Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough: The Queen's Favourite by Ophelia Field

Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough: The Queen's Favourite

Ophelia Field

576 pages • 2018 • 8 editions

nonfiction biography informative medium-paced
5.0 shona_rea...'s review
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #0

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

300 pages • 1937 • 1.1k editions

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
5.0 shona_rea...'s review