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Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About A history of reading
Books closest to A history of reading
Wanderlust 2000Also warm, contemplative and character-led
Podróże z Herodotem 2004Also grave, contemplative and earnest
Mystery train 1975Also grave, contemplative and epic- Electric Eden 2010Also warm, contemplative and grave
The Old Ways 2012Also warm, contemplative and character-led
The Timeless Way of Building 1979Also contemplative, warm and grave
History Of Beauty 2004Also epic, warm and contemplative
Winter 2011Also character-led, warm and contemplative
A Time of Gifts 1977Also warm, contemplative and earnest
Figuring 2019Also earnest, grave and contemplative
The Hero with a Thousand Faces 1968Also warm, epic and grave
The age of wonder 2008Also earnest, warm and grave
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Albums
- Gentle Spirit 2011Also character-led, contemplative and earnest
- Small Talk 2025Also character-led, grave and contemplative
- Bonfires on the Heath 2009Also character-led, grave and earnest
Films
My Voyage to Italy 1999Also warm, contemplative and grave
Jazz on a Summer's Day 1960Also warm, grave and earnest
Series
Julia 2022Also warm and earnest
American Masters 1986Also grave, earnest and warm
Jazz 2001Also earnest, grave and epic
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