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173 books

An Art Lover's Guide to Florence by Judith Testa

An Art Lover's Guide to Florence

Judith Testa

269 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
nonfiction art travel adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt

The City of Falling Angels

John Berendt

414 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
nonfiction essays travel informative mysterious slow-paced
Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Thomas Hoving

Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thomas Hoving

448 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, Vol. 1: 1900 to 1944 by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, David Joselit, David Joselit, Yve-Alain Bois, Hal Foster, Rosalind E. Krauss

Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, Vol. 1: 1900 to 1944

Art Since 1900 #1

Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, David Joselit, David Joselit, Yve-Alain Bois, Hal Foster, Rosalind E. Krauss

392 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
nonfiction art history informative reflective medium-paced
Life in a Medieval Castle by Joseph Gies

Life in a Medieval Castle

Joseph Gies

272 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

George R.R. Martin

835 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Soulless by Gail Carriger

Soulless

Parasol Protectorate #1

Gail Carriger

357 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
fiction fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

310 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Interview with the Vampire

The Vampire Chronicles #1

Anne Rice

352 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
fiction fantasy horror thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them by Jillian Venters

Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them

Jillian Venters

236 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
nonfiction dark funny informative medium-paced