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Cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson, Tony Goldwyn

★ 4.0

2003

Cover of Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

★ 4.2

1999

Cover of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

★ 3.8

2013

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A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway

★ 4.0

1964

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Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

★ 3.9

1995

Cover of The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

★ 4.0

2006

Cover of Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke, Reginald Snell, Franz Xaver Kappus

★ 4.3

1929

Cover of The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara March

★ 3.8

1993

Cover of Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories

Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories

Philip Roth

★ 3.9

1959

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The 20th Century Art Book

Phaidon Press

★ 3.9

1996

Cover of Edvard Munch: 1863-1944 (Basic Art)

Edvard Munch: 1863-1944 (Basic Art)

Ulrich Bischoff

★ 4.1

1990

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Life After Life

Kate Atkinson

★ 3.7

2013

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Stones from the River

Ursula Hegi

★ 4.1

1994

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Tender Is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald

★ 3.8

1933

Cover of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Tom Wolfe

★ 3.9

1968

Cover of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

★ 4.3

2010

Cover of Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

★ 4.0

2012

Cover of All the President's Men

All the President's Men

Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward

★ 4.2

1974

Cover of The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

★ 4.2

1979

Cover of Desert Solitaire

Desert Solitaire

Edward Abbey

★ 4.2

1968

Cover of King Leopold's Ghost

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

★ 4.2

1998

Cover of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

★ 4.3

1996

Cover of Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Sally Bedell Smith

★ 3.9

2012

Cover of Out Stealing Horses

Out Stealing Horses

Per Petterson, Anne Born

★ 3.8

2003

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Mein Kampf

Adolf Hitler

★ 3.1

1925

Cover of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

John M. Barry

★ 4.0

2004

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The Twelve Chairs

Ilya Ilf, Eugene Petrov, Maurice Friedberg, John H.C. Richardson

★ 4.4

1927

Cover of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Lawrence Wright

★ 4.4

2006

Cover of On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo

On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo

Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann, R.J. Hollingdale

★ 4.1

1887

Cover of Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness

Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness

Tracy Kidder

★ 4.0

2000

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The Short Stories

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew J. Bruccoli

★ 4.2

1920

Cover of How Music Works

How Music Works

David Byrne

★ 4.0

2012

Cover of Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

Kate Clifford Larson

★ 3.8

2015

Cover of The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

Alex Ross

★ 4.1

2007

Cover of On the Genealogy of Morals

On the Genealogy of Morals

Friedrich Nietzsche, Douglas Smith

★ 4.1

1887

Cover of The Invention of Morel

The Invention of Morel

Adolfo Bioy Casares, Suzanne Jill Levine, Jorge Luis Borges, Ruth L.C. Simms, Norah Borges de Torre

★ 4.0

1940

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