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Cover of The Historian

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

3.8

2005

Cover of Timeline

Timeline

Michael Crichton

3.8

1999

Cover of In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

3.8

2011

Cover of Angle of Repose

Angle of Repose

Wallace Stegner

4.3

1971

Cover of The Truth According to Us

The Truth According to Us

Annie Barrows

3.8

2015

Cover of Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

4.1

1997

Cover of Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

4.3

1936

Cover of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

4.1

2008

Cover of The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco, William Weaver, Seán Barrett

4.1

1980

Cover of The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

4.1

1844

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 The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick

4.2

2007

Cover of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

4.1

2007

Cover of Sophie's World

Sophie's World

Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Møller

3.9

1991

Cover of Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

4.0

2011

Cover of The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales #2)

The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales #2)

James Fenimore Cooper

3.7

1826

Cover of Possession

Possession

A.S. Byatt

3.9

1990

Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

4.4

2011

Cover of Alias Grace

Alias Grace

Margaret Atwood, Brigitte Walitzek

4.0

1996

Cover of The Lacuna

The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver

3.8

2009

Cover of In the Time of the Butterflies

In the Time of the Butterflies

Julia Alvarez

4.1

1994

Cover of Orlando

Orlando

Virginia Woolf

3.9

1928

Cover of Enduring Love

Enduring Love

Ian McEwan

3.6

1997

Cover of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Chris Hadfield

4.1

2013

Cover of Servant of the Bones

Servant of the Bones

Anne Rice

3.7

1996

Cover of The Decameron

The Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio, G.H. McWilliam

3.9

1353

Cover of Portrait in Sepia

Portrait in Sepia

Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden

3.9

2000

Cover of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

John Perkins

3.8

2004

Cover of La catedral del mar

La catedral del mar

Ildefonso Falcones

4.0

2006

Cover of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation, #1)

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation, #1)

Lauren Willig

3.7

2004

Cover of Echo

Echo

Pam Muñoz Ryan

4.4

2015

Cover of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Eleanor Coerr, Ronald Himler

4.1

1977

Cover of Zorro

Zorro

Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden

3.8

2005

Cover of Inés of My Soul

Inés of My Soul

Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden

3.9

2006

Cover of My Brother Sam Is Dead

My Brother Sam Is Dead

James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier

3.4

1974

Cover of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

Dominic Smith

3.8

2016

Cover of The Flanders Panel

The Flanders Panel

Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Margaret Jull Costa

3.8

1990

Cover of An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro

3.7

1986

Cover of 1421: The Year China Discovered America

1421: The Year China Discovered America

Gavin Menzies

3.6

2002

Cover of What I Loved

What I Loved

Siri Hustvedt

4.0

2002

Cover of The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

James Gleick

4.0

2011

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 The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle

4.3

2012

Cover of Holy Blood, Holy Grail

Holy Blood, Holy Grail

Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln

3.5

1982

Cover of Austerlitz

Austerlitz

W.G. Sebald, Anthea Bell

4.0

2001

Cover of The Men Who Stare at Goats

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Jon Ronson

3.6

2004

Cover of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon, Daniel J. Boorstin, Gian Battista Piranesi, Hans-Friedrich Mueller

4.0

1776

Cover of From Beirut to Jerusalem

From Beirut to Jerusalem

Thomas L. Friedman

4.1

1989

Cover of A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

3.8

1800

Cover of A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

3.8

1800

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