Recs if you like City of Thieves...
grandma's recipes
historical fiction novels that also have cannibalism in them
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Bite Size Historical Fiction
Dive into these historical fiction books that are shorter than 300 pages! Selections here tried to stay away from historical fiction with fantasy or magical realism elements.
As always, open to any suggestions for additions to this list! 🙂
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Maisie Peters Reading List
I'm a huge fan of Maisie's music and her newest album Florescence has been playing nonstop since it came out. She's a passionate reader, so over the years many books recommendations have accumulated and I thought it would be cute to make a list out of them. Info taken from her Goodreads and Instagram accounts, newsletter, podcast, and various interviews she did. I will update this list as new recs come up, but if I miss something feel free to suggest it in the comments.
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Pitch Black Comedy
"Turn me over, I'm done on this side!" —St. Lawrence, whilst roasting on a spit
Gallows humor, black comedy, l'humour noir — whatever you call it, this is the place for it. This list includes André Breton's seminal anthology of dark humor, a number of the works excerpted in this anthology, and beyond. You can find a link to the complete contents of Breton's anthology in the comments.
Want more weird humor? Check out my list Nitpicky Neuroticism (Comedy Edition)!
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Makes me cold just thinking about it
Not a (physically) cozy moment to be found, absolutely frigid surroundings, bone chillingly cold environs... brrrr
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back in the USSR
Fiction set for at least a good chunk in the USSR (and also countries in the Soviet block which were not formally part of the Soviet Union).
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Historical fiction to read in one sitting
Historical fiction so good I couldn’t put it down!!
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Top Rated Books of the 21st Century
Goodreads Published List of Consistently > 4 ⭐️(by year published)
2000: Plain Truth - House of Leaves ‘01: Other Boleyn Girl - Secret Life of Bees ‘02: Fingersmith - Lamb ‘03: Shutter Island - Time Traveler’s Wife ‘04: Shadow of the Wind - Cloud Atlas ‘05: No Country for Old Men - Book Thief ‘06: Sharp Objects - Road ‘07: Terror - Thousand Splendid Suns ‘08: City of Thieves - Hunger Games ‘09: Maze Runner - Cutting for Stone
Ran out of room.. See Comments for full list!
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Historical Fiction with a side of trauma
Historical fiction that will get you in your feels (I cry easily)
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War novels
Largely anti-war novels; my "best of" books set in or around historical wars.
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Set in Russia
Fiction books set in Russia
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Bucket List Books
Please read these before you die! Thanks! -DJ
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Historical fiction to read in one sitting
Historical fiction so good I couldn’t put it down!!
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The books i wanna read to my wife
kek
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