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Cover of Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.4

2015

Cover of The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

4.0

2001

Cover of Beloved

Beloved

Toni Morrison

3.8

1987

Cover of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg

4.3

1987

Cover of A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

4.2

2003

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 Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney

4.1

2007

Cover of Go Set a Watchman

Go Set a Watchman

Harper Lee

3.3

2015

Cover of Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

3.8

1995

Cover of Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

3.8

1952

Cover of Modern Romance

Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg

3.9

2015

Cover of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard Feynman

4.3

1984

Cover of White Teeth

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

3.8

1999

Cover of Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

4.0

1981

Cover of Small Great Things

Small Great Things

Jodi Picoult

4.3

2016

Cover of A Doll's House

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen, Michael Meyer

3.7

1879

Cover of The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

H.G. Wells

3.7

1896

Cover of What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe

4.2

2014

Cover of Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Atul Gawande

4.4

2014

Cover of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink

4.0

2008

Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

4.4

2011

Cover of Black Like Me

Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin

4.1

1960

Cover of We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.5

2014

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 Mudbound

Mudbound

Hillary Jordan

4.0

2008

Cover of A Lesson Before Dying

A Lesson Before Dying

Ernest J. Gaines

3.9

1993

Cover of The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

4.3

1995

Cover of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Mary Roach

3.8

2008

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 The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Richard Dawkins

4.2

2009

Cover of The Story of My Experiments With Truth

The Story of My Experiments With Truth

Mahatma Gandhi

4.1

1940

Cover of Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)

Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)

Malorie Blackman

4.2

2001

Cover of The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Sam Kean

3.9

2010

Cover of The Hundred Dresses

The Hundred Dresses

Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin

4.1

1944

Cover of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Lawrence Wright

4.0

2013

Cover of King Leopold's Ghost

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

4.2

1998

Cover of Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

4.2

1956

Cover of The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

Brian Greene

4.1

2003

Cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

4.5

2010

Cover of Bad Science

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre

4.1

2008

Cover of Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel

Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel

Michio Kaku

4.1

2008

Cover of Chaos: Making a New Science

Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

4.0

1987

Cover of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

4.1

2014

Cover of Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

3.6

1966

Cover of Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes, Donald A. Cress

3.7

1637

Cover of The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois, Donald B. Gibson, Monica W. Elbert

4.2

1903

Cover of Whistling Past the Graveyard

Whistling Past the Graveyard

Susan Crandall

4.0

2013

Cover of A Briefer History of Time

A Briefer History of Time

Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow

4.2

2005

Cover of Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

S.C. Gwynne

4.1

2010

Cover of The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Norman Doidge

4.2

2007

Cover of I am Charlotte Simmons

I am Charlotte Simmons

Tom Wolfe

3.4

2004

Cover of An Instance of the Fingerpost

An Instance of the Fingerpost

Iain Pears

3.9

1997

Cover of Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt, #16)

Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt, #16)

Clive Cussler

3.9

2001

Cover of A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

Lawrence M. Krauss, Richard Dawkins

3.9

2012

Cover of Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

Alfred Uhry

4.2

1986

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 What Do You Care What Other People Think?

What Do You Care What Other People Think?

Richard Feynman

4.3

1988

Cover of Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Neil Shubin

4.0

2008

Cover of My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Jill Bolte Taylor

3.9

2006

Cover of Why Evolution Is True

Why Evolution Is True

Jerry A. Coyne

4.2

2008

Cover of The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

Sam Harris

3.9

2010

Cover of Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

4.3

2014

Cover of The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

David McCullough

3.9

2011

Cover of The Lions of Little Rock

The Lions of Little Rock

Kristin Levine

4.2

2012

Cover of The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

Leonard Mlodinow

3.9

2008

Cover of Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Geoff Colvin

4.0

2008

Cover of Train to Pakistan

Train to Pakistan

Khushwant Singh

3.9

1956

Cover of Flight

Flight

Sherman Alexie

3.9

2007

Cover of On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo

On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo

Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann, R.J. Hollingdale

4.1

1887

Cover of Knife Edge (Noughts & Crosses, #2)

Knife Edge (Noughts & Crosses, #2)

Malorie Blackman

4.1

2003

Cover of Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth

4.1

1993

Cover of Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

Mark Mathabane

4.2

1986

Cover of The Confessions of Nat Turner

The Confessions of Nat Turner

William Styron

4.0

1967

Cover of Hallucinations

Hallucinations

Oliver Sacks

3.9

1995

Cover of The Way of Zen

The Way of Zen

Alan W. Watts

4.2

1957

Cover of Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Albert Einstein, Nigel Calder, Robert W. Lawson

4.2

1916

Cover of Living Buddha, Living Christ

Living Buddha, Living Christ

Thich Nhat Hanh

4.1

1995

Cover of Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

4.3

1997

Cover of The Road to Character

The Road to Character

David Brooks

3.7

2015

Cover of The Devil's Punchbowl

The Devil's Punchbowl

Greg Iles

4.0

2009

Cover of Discourse on Method

Discourse on Method

René Descartes, Donald A. Cress

3.7

1637

Cover of Passing

Passing

Nella Larsen, Ntozake Shange, Thadious M. Davis

3.8

1929

Cover of Assata: An Autobiography

Assata: An Autobiography

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

4.5

1987

Cover of Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Michio Kaku

4.0

2011

Cover of Palestine

Palestine

Joe Sacco, Edward Said

4.2

1996

Cover of Lie Down with Lions

Lie Down with Lions

Ken Follett

3.8

1985

Cover of The Story of Ruby Bridges

The Story of Ruby Bridges

Robert Coles, George Ford

4.4

1995

Cover of Black Holes and Baby Universes

Black Holes and Baby Universes

Stephen Hawking

4.1

1993

Cover of Restless

Restless

William Boyd

3.8

2006

Cover of The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God

Lee Strobel

4.1

2004

Cover of On the Genealogy of Morals

On the Genealogy of Morals

Friedrich Nietzsche, Douglas Smith

4.1

1887

Cover of Open City

Open City

Teju Cole

3.5

2011

Cover of The Map That Changed the World

The Map That Changed the World

Simon Winchester

3.8

2001

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 Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

Jill Leovy

4.1

2015

Cover of Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Daniel C. Dennett

3.9

2006

Cover of Soumission

Soumission

Michel Houellebecq

3.6

2015

The Light Eaters

The Light Eaters

Zoë Schlanger

4.0

2024

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