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Cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cheryl Strayed

4.0

2012

Cover of Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

4.1

1997

Cover of Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

3.6

2006

Cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

4.2

1969

Cover of A Million Little Pieces

A Million Little Pieces

James Frey

3.6

2003

Cover of Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

3.8

1995

Cover of Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living

Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living

Julie Powell

3.7

2005

Cover of When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese

4.3

2016

Cover of The Story of My Life

The Story of My Life

Helen Keller

4.1

1902

Cover of The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

Gretchen Rubin

3.6

2009

Cover of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Camille Kingsolver, Richard A. Houser

4.0

2007

Cover of The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

3.8

1998

Cover of 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

Don Piper, Cecil Murphey

3.9

2004

Cover of My Life in France

My Life in France

Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme

4.2

2006

Cover of Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World

Tracy Kidder

4.2

2003

Cover of Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

John Elder Robison

3.9

2007

Cover of Open

Open

Andre Agassi, J.R. Moehringer

4.2

2009

Cover of Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

4.3

2006

Cover of Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

4.3

2004

Cover of I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away

Bill Bryson

3.9

1998

Cover of Prozac Nation

Prozac Nation

Elizabeth Wurtzel

3.6

1994

Cover of The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

Jon Ronson

3.9

2011

Cover of The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

John Grisham

3.8

2006

Cover of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

Bill Bryson

3.9

2006

Cover of Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

4.5

2016

Cover of Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Vicki Myron, Bret Witter

3.9

2008

Cover of Boy: Tales of Childhood

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

4.1

1984

Cover of Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

Elizabeth Gilbert

3.4

2009

Cover of The Cross and the Switchblade

The Cross and the Switchblade

David Wilkerson, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill

4.2

1963

Cover of Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Anne Lamott

4.2

1999

Cover of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Jon Meacham

3.8

2008

Cover of Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Joseph J. Ellis

3.9

2000

Cover of The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

Candice Millard

4.2

2005

Cover of I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

Nora Ephron

3.6

2006

Cover of The Story of My Experiments With Truth

The Story of My Experiments With Truth

Mahatma Gandhi

4.1

1940

Cover of A Girl Named Zippy

A Girl Named Zippy

Haven Kimmel

3.8

2001

Cover of Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

Ruth Reichl

4.0

1998

Cover of His Excellency: George Washington

His Excellency: George Washington

Joseph J. Ellis

3.9

2004

Cover of The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

Alice Schroeder

4.0

2008

Cover of Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda

4.2

1946

Cover of Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?

Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?

Jen Lancaster

4.1

2007

Cover of Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

Ruth Reichl

3.9

2005

Cover of Truth and Beauty

Truth and Beauty

Ann Patchett

3.9

2004

Cover of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

4.0

2004

Cover of Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

Marya Hornbacher

4.0

1997

Cover of Fever Pitch

Fever Pitch

Nick Hornby

3.7

1992

Cover of Shakespeare: The World as Stage

Shakespeare: The World as Stage

Bill Bryson

3.8

2007

Cover of The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

Steven Johnson

3.9

2006

Cover of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs

4.1

1861

Cover of The Middle Place

The Middle Place

Kelly Corrigan

3.9

2005

Cover of My Story

My Story

Elizabeth Smart, Chris Stewart

3.8

2013

Cover of A Wolf at the Table

A Wolf at the Table

Augusten Burroughs

3.7

2008

Cover of Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

Anthony Bourdain

3.7

2010

Cover of Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

Jon Krakauer

4.0

2008

Cover of The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois, Donald B. Gibson, Monica W. Elbert

4.2

1903

Cover of Love Warrior

Love Warrior

Glennon Doyle Melton

4.1

2016

Cover of The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley

3.8

2010

Cover of The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

Jennifer Worth

4.2

2002

Cover of Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

Bill Buford

3.9

2006

Cover of Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table

Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table

Ruth Reichl

4.0

2001

Cover of Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

Lindy West

4.2

2016

Cover of Up from Slavery

Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington, Ishmael Reed

4.1

1900

Cover of The Innovators: How a Group of  Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

Walter Isaacson

4.0

2014

Cover of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Annie Dillard

4.1

1974

Cover of The Monsters of Templeton

The Monsters of Templeton

Lauren Groff

3.6

2008

Cover of I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

Nujood Ali, Delphine Minoui, Linda Coverdale

3.8

2009

Cover of Jesus Land

Jesus Land

Julia Scheeres

4.0

2005

Cover of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer

4.1

2009

Cover of The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love

The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love

Jill Conner Browne

3.7

1999

Cover of Wildflower

Wildflower

Drew Barrymore

3.6

2015

Cover of A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Sue Klebold

4.1

2016

Cover of Drinking: A Love Story

Drinking: A Love Story

Caroline Knapp

4.0

1996

Cover of Yes, Chef

Yes, Chef

Marcus Samuelsson

3.8

2012

Cover of Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood

Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood

Julie Gregory

3.7

2003

Cover of My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto

My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto

Jen Lancaster

3.9

2010

Cover of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Dean Karnazes

3.9

2005

Cover of Snowflake Bentley

Snowflake Bentley

Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Mary Azarian

4.2

1998

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 Paris to the Moon

Paris to the Moon

Adam Gopnik

3.8

2000

Cover of Miracle in the Andes

Miracle in the Andes

Nando Parrado, Vince Rause

4.2

2006

Cover of The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss

Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt

3.8

2016

Cover of Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper

Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper

Diablo Cody

3.5

2005

Cover of Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris

Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris

Sarah Turnbull

3.7

2003

Cover of Going Rogue: An American Life

Going Rogue: An American Life

Sarah Palin, Lynn Vincent, Dewey Whetsell

3.3

2009

Cover of The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.2

2013

Cover of Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

The Waiter, Steve Dublanica

3.5

2008

Cover of The Anti-Christ

The Anti-Christ

Friedrich Nietzsche, H.L. Mencken

3.9

1888

Cover of True Compass: A Memoir

True Compass: A Memoir

Edward M. Kennedy

4.0

2009

Cover of Happy, Happy, Happy

Happy, Happy, Happy

Phil Robertson, Mark Schlabach

4.1

2013

Cover of Letter to My Daughter

Letter to My Daughter

Maya Angelou

4.1

2008

Cover of Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson

Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson

Jann S. Wenner, Corey Seymour

4.1

2007

Cover of Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Ben Carson, Cecil Murphey

4.2

1990

Cover of Sleepers

Sleepers

Lorenzo Carcaterra

4.2

1995

Cover of The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

Ben Mezrich

3.5

2009

Cover of Restless

Restless

William Boyd

3.8

2006

Cover of Primates of Park Avenue

Primates of Park Avenue

Wednesday Martin

3.0

2015

Cover of The Map That Changed the World

The Map That Changed the World

Simon Winchester

3.8

2001

Cover of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie

All Souls: A Family Story from Southie

Michael Patrick MacDonald

4.1

1999

Cover of My Lobotomy

My Lobotomy

Howard Dully, Charles Fleming

3.7

2007

Cover of Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

Jack McCallum

4.2

2012

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