The Swerve

The Swerve

By
Stephen Greenblatt
Stephen Greenblatt
2011 • 356 pages

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131 books

Western Civilization

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Rome and Jerusalem
How Rome Fell
God
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
To Rule the Waves
Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
The Darkening Age

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43 books

Philosophy

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On Revolution
Are Prisons Obsolete?
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
The Stranger
The Plague
Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
The age of reason

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150 books

History

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Byzantium
Venice
The Swerve
The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine
Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
Empire

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91 books

Europe

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A Moveable Feast
The Judgment of Paris
Paris: The Secret History
Venice: A New History
Seven Ages Of Paris
History of Rome
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

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472 books

Audible

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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
A Feast for Crows
Magician: Apprentice
Cat Walks Walls Int
The Last Lion
The Masterharper of Pern
Alas, Babylon

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472 books

Audiobook

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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
A Feast for Crows
Magician: Apprentice
Cat Walks Walls Int
The Last Lion
The Masterharper of Pern
Alas, Babylon

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Arts And Entertainment

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Art

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77 books

Biography

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All About Love
The Sweet Hereafter
Inheritance
The Last Laugh
The Nightmare Years: 1930-40
Just Kids
Prisoner

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72 books

Nonfiction

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The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
Kill The Messengers
God's Bankers
Freedom Regained: The Possibility of Free Will
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
The Mismeasure of Man
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

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59 books

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Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
City of Dreadful Delight
The Origins of Sex : A History of the First Sexual Revolution
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
House of Psychotic Women
The Weird and the Eerie

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To Read 2022

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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play
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Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
I racconti di San Francisco
Kings of the Wyld
A Fan's Notes

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77 books

To Read 2021

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The Rose Code
Return of the Thief
A Queen in Hiding
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21st Century

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Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See: A New Vision of North America's Richest Forest
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Plant Systematics
The Founding Fish
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Field Manual of Michigan Flora

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Unread Owned

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Fifty Miles from Tomorrow
Ocean Recovery: A sustainable future for global fisheries?
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 2

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Nonfiction

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On Trails
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Timberline: Mountain and Arctic Forest Frontiers
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7 books

2010s

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Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See: A New Vision of North America's Richest Forest
Field Manual of Michigan Flora
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
On Trails
Blue Men and River Monsters: Folklore of the North
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2011

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Field Manual of Michigan Flora
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8 books

United States

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Trout Fishing in America
Blue Men and River Monsters: Folklore of the North
On Trails
The Swerve
The Old Man and the Sea
Timberline: Mountain and Arctic Forest Frontiers

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Favorite History

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Byzantium
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The Fate of Rome

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Bell
Emperor of Rome
The Plague
Hawaii
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Turn Of The Screw

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Audible Com

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First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
Heartbreak Hotel
Sunset Song
Mourning Lincoln
Coffin Road
Raptor: A Journey Through Birds
Where Memories Go

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Ready

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Landskipping: Painters, Ploughmen and Places
Hedge Britannia
Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum
Ten Days in May
Shanghai Grand: Forbidden Love and International Intrigue in a Doomed World
The Isles: A History
The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic

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The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Aviators, The: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi
Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil
Becoming Queen

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Europe

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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
The Zookeeper's Wife
The Assassination of the Archduke
Thunder at Twilight: Vienna, 1913/1914
The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
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