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Cover of John Adams

John Adams

David McCullough

4.0

2001

Cover of V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

Alan Moore, David Lloyd

4.3

1990

Cover of Candide

Candide

Voltaire

3.8

1759

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 America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum, Rich Bloomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Eric Drysdale, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, Tom Johnson, Rob Kutner, Chris Regan, Jason Reich, Jason Ross, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Rob Corddry, Brendan Hay, Ed Helms

4.0

2004

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 Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson

4.0

2003

Cover of Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

4.3

2004

Cover of Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

4.3

1994

Cover of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Virginia Lee Burton

4.2

1938

Cover of Utopia

Utopia

Thomas More, Paul Turner

3.5

1516

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 Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin, Lewis Leary

3.8

1791

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 Quiet American

The Quiet American

Graham Greene, Robert Stone

4.0

1955

Cover of A Man Without a Country

A Man Without a Country

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.1

2005

Cover of Theodore Rex

Theodore Rex

Edmund Morris

4.2

2001

Cover of Decision Points

Decision Points

George W. Bush

3.8

2010

Cover of His Excellency: George Washington

His Excellency: George Washington

Joseph J. Ellis

3.9

2004

Cover of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

4.3

1979

Cover of King Leopold's Ghost

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

4.2

1998

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 Partly Cloudy Patriot

The Partly Cloudy Patriot

Sarah Vowell, Katherine Streeter

3.9

2002

Cover of The Last Child

The Last Child

John Hart

4.1

2009

Cover of Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell, Lionel Trilling

4.1

1938

Cover of Politics

Politics

Aristotle

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 The Wealth of Nations

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

3.9

1776

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 Democracy in America

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick, Gerald Bevan

4.0

1835

Cover of Three Comrades

Three Comrades

Erich Maria Remarque

4.5

1936

Cover of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

Jon Lee Anderson

4.1

1997

Cover of Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Guy Delisle

3.9

2003

Cover of Colonel Roosevelt

Colonel Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

4.1

2010

Cover of Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)

Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)

Robert A. Caro

4.3

1990

Cover of A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works

A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works

Jonathan Swift

4.0

1729

Cover of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire

Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire

Amanda Foreman

3.8

1998

Cover of The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Steven Pinker

4.2

2010

Cover of First Among Equals

First Among Equals

Jeffrey Archer

3.9

1983

Cover of Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne

Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne

David Starkey

4.1

2000

Cover of The Wretched of the Earth

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon, Jean-Paul Sartre, Richard Philcox, Homi K. Bhabha

4.2

1961

Cover of The Matlock Paper

The Matlock Paper

Robert Ludlum

3.9

1973

Cover of Stupid White Men

Stupid White Men

Michael Moore

3.3

2001

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 Detroit: An American Autopsy

Detroit: An American Autopsy

Charlie LeDuff

4.0

2013

Cover of Palestine

Palestine

Joe Sacco, Edward Said

4.2

1996

Cover of India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

Ramachandra Guha

4.3

2007

Cover of What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

Thomas Frank

3.8

2004

Cover of Hard Choices

Hard Choices

Hillary Rodham Clinton

3.6

2013

Cover of Winter in Madrid

Winter in Madrid

C.J. Sansom

3.8

2006

Cover of Mornings in Jenin

Mornings in Jenin

Susan Abulhawa

4.3

2006

Cover of Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite

Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite

Suki Kim

3.9

2014

Cover of From Beirut to Jerusalem

From Beirut to Jerusalem

Thomas L. Friedman

4.1

1989

Cover of Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Pascal Mercier, Barbara Harshav

3.7

2004

Cover of Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

3.8

1937

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 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 The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu, Thomas Cleary

4.0

-500

Cover of The Hobbit: Graphic Novel

The Hobbit: Graphic Novel

Chuck Dixon, J.R.R. Tolkien, David Wenzel, Sean Deming

4.5

1989

Cover of High Fidelity

High Fidelity

Nick Hornby

3.9

1995

Cover of The Pearl

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

3.4

1947

Cover of Anthem

Anthem

Ayn Rand

3.6

1938

Cover of The Accidental Tourist

The Accidental Tourist

Anne Tyler, Jennifer Bassett

3.9

1985

Cover of The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

Thomas L. Friedman

3.7

2005

Cover of Ulysses

Ulysses

James Joyce

3.7

1922

Cover of Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Evelyn Waugh

4.0

1945

Cover of Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak, Max Hayward, Manya Harari, John Bayley

4.0

1957

Cover of The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Gareth Stedman Jones

3.5

1848

Cover of Truman

Truman

David McCullough

4.2

1992

Cover of He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo

3.6

2004

Cover of Eating Animals

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer

4.2

2009

Cover of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

4.3

2008

Cover of Orlando

Orlando

Virginia Woolf

3.9

1928

Cover of Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)

Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)

James Clavell

4.2

1981

Cover of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment

Steve Harvey

3.8

2009

Cover of Leviathan

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes, C.B. Macpherson

3.7

1651

Cover of The Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Philo-Publius, Clinton Rossiter, Charles R. Kessler

4.0

1787

Cover of Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

4.2

1956

Cover of The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers

Charles Dickens

3.8

1837

Cover of For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men

For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men

Shaunti Feldhahn

4.1

2004

Cover of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

4.0

2007

Cover of One Last Thing Before I Go

One Last Thing Before I Go

Jonathan Tropper

3.8

2009

Cover of Suttree

Suttree

Cormac McCarthy

4.2

1979

Cover of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

Adelle Waldman

3.3

2013

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 Goblin Emperor

The Goblin Emperor

Katherine Addison

4.0

2014

Cover of The Twelve Caesars

The Twelve Caesars

Suetonius, Michael Grant, Robert Graves

4.0

119

Cover of Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

Jeffrey Archer

3.9

2009

Cover of An Untamed State

An Untamed State

Roxane Gay

4.0

2014

Cover of Everyman

Everyman

Philip Roth

3.5

2006

Cover of Metaphysics

Metaphysics

Aristotle, Joe Sachs

4.0

-330

Cover of The Lonely Polygamist

The Lonely Polygamist

Brady Udall

3.5

2010

Cover of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

4.2

2003

Cover of Them: Adventures with Extremists

Them: Adventures with Extremists

Jon Ronson

3.9

2001

Cover of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

Steve Coll

4.3

2004

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