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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 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 A Visit from the Goon Squad

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan

★ 3.6

2010

Cover of Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

★ 4.2

1999

Cover of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard Feynman

★ 4.3

1984

Cover of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

★ 3.8

2013

Cover of A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway

★ 4.0

1964

Cover of Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

★ 3.9

1995

Cover of The Napping House

The Napping House

Audrey Wood, Don Wood

★ 4.3

1984

Cover of This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

Daniel J. Levitin

★ 3.9

2006

Cover of Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)

Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)

Anne McCaffrey

★ 4.2

1976

Cover of Chronicles, Vol. 1

Chronicles, Vol. 1

Bob Dylan

★ 4.0

2004

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 Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Neil Strauss, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee

★ 4.2

2001

Cover of Chaos: Making a New Science

Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

★ 4.0

1987

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 Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis, Νίκος Καζαντζάκης

★ 4.1

1946

Cover of Echo

Echo

Pam Muñoz Ryan

★ 4.4

2015

Cover of Born to Run

Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen

★ 4.2

2016

Cover of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

John Locke

★ 3.8

1689

Cover of I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie

Pamela Des Barres, Dave Navarro

★ 3.7

1987

Cover of Wicked - Piano/Vocal Arrangement

Wicked - Piano/Vocal Arrangement

Stephen Schwartz, Gregory Maguire

★ 4.5

2004

Cover of The Anti-Christ

The Anti-Christ

Friedrich Nietzsche, H.L. Mencken

★ 3.9

1888

Cover of How Music Works

How Music Works

David Byrne

★ 4.0

2012

Cover of Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories

Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories

Philip Roth

★ 3.9

1959

Cover of The 20th Century Art Book

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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