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Cover of Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley, Christopher Hitchens

4.2

1932

Cover of Brave New World Revisited

Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley

3.9

1958

Cover of The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

4.0

1998

Cover of Me Talk Pretty One Day

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

4.0

2000

Cover of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

4.0

2010

Cover of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Eric Schlosser

3.7

2001

Cover of Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

4.0

1992

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 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Robert M. Pirsig

3.8

1974

Cover of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)

Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa

4.2

2000

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 Girls

The Girls

Emma Cline

3.5

2016

Cover of I Am America (And So Can You!)

I Am America (And So Can You!)

Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman, Michael Brumm, Eric Drydale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Laura Krafft, Frank Lesser, Tom Purcell

3.9

2007

Cover of What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

Malcolm Gladwell

3.8

2009

Cover of Trainspotting

Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh, Eric Lindor Fall

4.1

1993

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 The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Tom Wolfe

3.9

1968

Cover of Ghost World

Ghost World

Daniel Clowes

3.9

1998

Cover of Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2)

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2)

Marjane Satrapi, Anjali Singh

4.2

2001

Cover of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Jared Diamond

3.9

2004

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 Bad Feminist

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

3.9

2014

Cover of The People of Sparks (Book of Ember, #2)

The People of Sparks (Book of Ember, #2)

Jeanne DuPrau

3.6

2004

Cover of Rising Sun

Rising Sun

Michael Crichton

3.6

1992

Cover of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

4.4

2009

Cover of Little Brother

Little Brother

Cory Doctorow

3.9

2008

Cover of Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

David Platt

4.2

2010

Cover of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Candice Millard

4.2

2011

Cover of The World Without Us

The World Without Us

Alan Weisman

3.8

2007

Cover of One Summer: America, 1927

One Summer: America, 1927

Bill Bryson

4.1

2013

Cover of Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

4.2

2009

Cover of Night Film

Night Film

Marisha Pessl

3.8

2013

Cover of Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right

Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right

Al Franken

3.8

2003

Cover of Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

Chuck Klosterman

3.9

2005

Cover of The Partly Cloudy Patriot

The Partly Cloudy Patriot

Sarah Vowell, Katherine Streeter

3.9

2002

Cover of Liar's Poker

Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis

4.2

1989

Cover of Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization and Its Discontents

Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Peter Gay

3.8

1930

Cover of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain

4.2

1996

Cover of The Lost Painting

The Lost Painting

Jonathan Harr

3.7

2005

Cover of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway

Susan Jeffers

4.0

1987

Cover of Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

Rob Bell

3.8

2005

Cover of My Life on the Road

My Life on the Road

Gloria Steinem

4.1

2015

Cover of Democracy in America

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick, Gerald Bevan

4.0

1835

Cover of The Onion Field

The Onion Field

Joseph Wambaugh

4.1

1973

Cover of Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

Lindy West

4.2

2016

Cover of The Beauty Myth

The Beauty Myth

Naomi Wolf

3.9

1990

Cover of The Broom of the System

The Broom of the System

David Foster Wallace

3.8

1987

Cover of The Illuminatus! Trilogy

The Illuminatus! Trilogy

Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson

4.0

1975

Cover of The Sound of Gravel

The Sound of Gravel

Ruth Wariner

4.2

2016

Cover of The Argonauts

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

4.0

2015

Cover of The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love

The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love

Kristin Kimball

4.0

2010

Cover of 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

Charles C. Mann

4.0

2011

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 Selected Poems

Selected Poems

George Gordon Byron, Peter J. Manning, Susan J. Wolfson

4.0

1848

Cover of Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

Michael Azerrad

4.2

2001

Cover of Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes

Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes

Mark Bittman

4.0

2008

Cover of The Dice Man

The Dice Man

Luke Rhinehart

3.6

1971

Cover of Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Neil Postman, Andrew Postman

4.1

1985

Cover of The Hungry Tide

The Hungry Tide

Amitav Ghosh

3.9

2004

Cover of Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Bill Bryson

3.9

1994

Cover of Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux

Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux

Black Elk, John G. Neihardt

4.1

1932

Cover of Life After God

Life After God

Douglas Coupland

3.8

1994

Cover of City on Fire

City on Fire

Garth Risk Hallberg

3.4

2015

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