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Cover of How the Irish Saved Civilization

How the Irish Saved Civilization

Thomas Cahill

★ 3.8

1995

Cover of Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

★ 3.9

1945

Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Jared Diamond

★ 4.0

1997

Cover of War and Peace

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy, Henry Gifford, Aylmer Maude, Louise Maude

★ 4.1

1869

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Candide

Voltaire

★ 3.8

1759

Cover of A People's History of the United States

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

★ 4.1

1980

Cover of Animal Farm / 1984

Animal Farm / 1984

George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens

★ 4.3

1950

Cover of Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

Isaac Asimov

★ 4.2

1953

Cover of Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

Anne McCaffrey, Teodor Panasiński

★ 4.1

1968

Cover of Modern Romance

Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg

★ 3.9

2015

Cover of Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)

Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)

Agatha Christie

★ 4.0

1930

Cover of Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

★ 3.9

1995

Cover of A Canticle for Leibowitz

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller Jr.

★ 4.0

1959

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Horns

Joe Hill

★ 3.9

2009

Cover of Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak, Max Hayward, Manya Harari, John Bayley

★ 4.0

1957

Cover of In a Sunburned Country

In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson

★ 4.0

2000

Cover of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Chuck Klosterman

★ 3.8

2003

Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

★ 4.4

2011

Cover of The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)

The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)

Agatha Christie

★ 4.0

1936

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 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

★ 4.0

2005

Cover of A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

★ 4.0

1729

Cover of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1

Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1

Brynne Stephens, Lela Dowling, Cynthia Martin, Anne McCaffrey

★ 4.4

1991

Cover of A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #5)

A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #5)

Agatha Christie

★ 4.0

1950

Cover of The Castle

The Castle

Franz Kafka, Mark Harman, Regaip Minareci, Şerif Yeşilbucak

★ 4.0

1926

Cover of The Social Contract

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston

★ 3.8

1762

Cover of Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race

Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race

Jon Stewart, Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Bloomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, David Javerbaum, Elliott Kalan, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross

★ 3.9

2010

Cover of Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization and Its Discontents

Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Peter Gay

★ 3.8

1930

Cover of The Power and the Glory

The Power and the Glory

Graham Greene, John Updike

★ 4.0

1940

Cover of The Magic Mountain

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann, John E. Woods

★ 4.1

1924

Cover of The Seven-Percent Solution

The Seven-Percent Solution

Nicholas Meyer

★ 4.1

1974

Cover of Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Tony Kushner

★ 4.3

1992

Cover of Follow You Home

Follow You Home

Mark Edwards

★ 3.9

2015

Cover of Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Guy Delisle

★ 3.9

2003

Cover of Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Thomas Mann, John E. Woods, T.J. Reed

★ 4.1

1901

Cover of Silence

Silence

Shūsaku Endō, William Johnston

★ 4.1

1966

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The Returned

Jason Mott

★ 3.3

2013

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How Green Was My Valley

Richard Llewellyn

★ 4.2

1939

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The Beet Queen

Louise Erdrich

★ 3.9

1985

Cover of Angels in America

Angels in America

Tony Kushner

★ 4.3

1993

Cover of Istanbul: Memories and the City

Istanbul: Memories and the City

Orhan Pamuk

★ 3.8

2003

Cover of The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

Bill Bryson

★ 3.7

2015

Cover of The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself

The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself

Daniel J. Boorstin

★ 4.1

1983

Cover of Miles: The Autobiography

Miles: The Autobiography

Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe

★ 4.2

1989

Cover of Season of Migration to the North

Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih, Denys Johnson-Davies

★ 3.7

1966

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