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Cover of The Plot Against America

The Plot Against America

Philip Roth

3.7

2004

Cover of The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

3.6

1907

Cover of Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

3.9

1945

Cover of Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

4.4

2010

Cover of Deception Point

Deception Point

Dan Brown

3.7

2001

Cover of Go Set a Watchman

Go Set a Watchman

Harper Lee

3.3

2015

Cover of The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Diana Burgin, Ellendea Proffer

4.3

1967

Cover of The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X, Alex Haley

4.3

1965

Cover of Animal Farm / 1984

Animal Farm / 1984

George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens

4.3

1950

Cover of The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Barack Obama

3.7

2006

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 The Republic

The Republic

Plato, Desmond Lee

3.9

-380

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 Wait for You (Wait for You, #1)

Wait for You (Wait for You, #1)

J. Lynn, Jennifer L. Armentrout

4.2

2013

Cover of The Shipping News

The Shipping News

Annie Proulx

3.8

1993

Cover of The Jungle

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair, Earl Lee, Kathleen DeGrave

3.7

1906

Cover of Contact

Contact

Carl Sagan

4.1

1985

Cover of The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick

3.7

1962

Cover of The Street Lawyer

The Street Lawyer

John Grisham

3.8

1998

Cover of Absolute Power

Absolute Power

David Baldacci

4.2

1995

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 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 Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Katherine Boo

4.0

2012

Cover of Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

Robert K. Massie

3.9

2011

Cover of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, H.T. Willetts

3.9

1962

Cover of American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice

4.0

2012

Cover of Flight Behavior

Flight Behavior

Barbara Kingsolver

3.8

2012

Cover of The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Gareth Stedman Jones

3.5

1848

Cover of Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13)

Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13)

Lee Child

4.2

2009

Cover of Animal Dreams

Animal Dreams

Barbara Kingsolver

4.0

1990

Cover of Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

4.2

2014

Cover of Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.3

2006

Cover of We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.5

2014

Cover of Saturday

Saturday

Ian McEwan

3.6

2005

Cover of Lightning

Lightning

Dean Koontz

4.1

1988

Cover of Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

4.3

1994

Cover of All the King's Men

All the King's Men

Robert Penn Warren

4.1

1946

Cover of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Virginia Lee Burton

4.2

1938

Cover of We

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin, Clarence Brown

4.0

1924

Cover of The 48 Laws of Power

The 48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene, Joost Elffers

4.2

1988

Cover of Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Blaine Harden

4.0

2012

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 Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Eric Metaxas

4.2

2009

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 A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

4.4

2016

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 Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Ian McEwan

3.4

1998

Cover of The Quiet American

The Quiet American

Graham Greene, Robert Stone

4.0

1955

Cover of The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)

The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)

Brandon Sanderson

4.5

2016

Cover of Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

Mitchell Zuckoff

3.8

2011

Cover of Eva Luna

Eva Luna

Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden

4.0

1987

Cover of Leviathan

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes, C.B. Macpherson

3.7

1651

Cover of Term Limits

Term Limits

Vince Flynn

4.3

1997

Cover of The Social Contract

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston

3.8

1762

Cover of The Icarus Agenda

The Icarus Agenda

Robert Ludlum

3.9

1988

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 The Simple Truth

The Simple Truth

David Baldacci

4.0

1998

Cover of Politics

Politics

Aristotle

3.9

-350

Cover of We the Living

We the Living

Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff

3.9

1936

Cover of A History of Western Philosophy

A History of Western Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

4.0

1945

Cover of Demons

Demons

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

4.3

1872

Cover of Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Sally Bedell Smith

3.9

2012

Cover of When She Woke

When She Woke

Hillary Jordan

3.7

2011

Cover of The Nicomachean Ethics

The Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle, J.A.K. Thomson, Jonathan Barnes, Hugh Tredennick

3.9

-350

Cover of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Loung Ung

4.3

2000

Cover of Games People Play

Games People Play

Eric Berne

3.8

1964

Cover of Not Without My Daughter

Not Without My Daughter

Betty Mahmoody

4.0

1987

Cover of The Joke

The Joke

Milan Kundera

4.0

1967

Cover of Mein Kampf

Mein Kampf

Adolf Hitler

3.1

1925

Cover of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

Malika Oufkir, Michèle Fitoussi

4.1

1999

Cover of The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, #3)

The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, #3)

Neal Stephenson

4.3

2004

Cover of My Life on the Road

My Life on the Road

Gloria Steinem

4.1

2015

Cover of Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

Michael Lewis

3.9

2011

Cover of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

4.5

2016

Cover of As the Crow Flies

As the Crow Flies

Jeffrey Archer

4.0

1990

Cover of Saving Faith

Saving Faith

David Baldacci

3.8

1999

Cover of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Lawrence Wright

4.4

2006

Cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

Jonathan Haidt

4.2

2012

Cover of Hitch-22: A Memoir

Hitch-22: A Memoir

Christopher Hitchens

4.0

2010

Cover of A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works

A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works

Jonathan Swift

4.0

1729

Cover of Train to Pakistan

Train to Pakistan

Khushwant Singh

3.9

1956

Cover of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

Jeffrey Toobin

4.1

2007

Cover of The Prague Cemetery

The Prague Cemetery

Umberto Eco, Richard Dixon

3.4

2010

Cover of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson

4.0

2012

Cover of We Need New Names

We Need New Names

NoViolet Bulawayo

3.7

2013

Cover of First Among Equals

First Among Equals

Jeffrey Archer

3.9

1983

Cover of Brave New World Revisited

Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley

3.9

1958

Cover of 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

Charles C. Mann

4.0

2011

Cover of The Stories of Eva Luna

The Stories of Eva Luna

Isabel Allende

4.0

1988

Cover of Stupid White Men

Stupid White Men

Michael Moore

3.3

2001

Cover of The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Edward E. Ericson Jr.

4.2

1973

Cover of Assata: An Autobiography

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur, Angela Y. Davis, Lennox S. Hinds

4.5

1987

Cover of Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman

4.2

1988

Cover of The Scarlatti Inheritance

The Scarlatti Inheritance

Robert Ludlum

3.8

1971

Cover of Jennifer Government

Jennifer Government

Max Barry

3.6

2002

Cover of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Paul Torday

3.5

2006

Cover of Them: Adventures with Extremists

Them: Adventures with Extremists

Jon Ronson

3.9

2001

Cover of The Post-American World

The Post-American World

Fareed Zakaria

3.9

2008

Cover of Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice

Bill Browder

4.4

2014

Cover of The Negotiator

The Negotiator

Frederick Forsyth

4.0

1989

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