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Cover of The Partly Cloudy Patriot

The Partly Cloudy Patriot

Sarah Vowell, Katherine Streeter

3.9

2002

Cover of Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

4.1

1997

Cover of The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

4.2

1999

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 The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus, Matthew Ward

4.0

1942

Cover of The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

4.2

1982

Cover of Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Leo Tolstoj, Aylmer Maude

4.0

1877

Cover of A Prayer for Owen Meany

A Prayer for Owen Meany

John Irving

4.2

1989

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 Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

3.8

1952

Cover of The White Tiger

The White Tiger

Aravind Adiga

3.7

2008

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 Shipping News

The Shipping News

Annie Proulx

3.8

1993

Cover of Empire Falls

Empire Falls

Richard Russo

3.9

2001

Cover of White Teeth

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

3.8

1999

Cover of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

3.8

2013

Cover of Stones from the River

Stones from the River

Ursula Hegi

4.1

1994

Cover of The Idiot

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett, Alan Myers, Joseph Frank, Anna Brailovsky

4.2

1868

Cover of Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.4

2015

Cover of Why Not Me?

Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling

3.9

2015

Cover of Absolute Power

Absolute Power

David Baldacci

4.2

1995

Cover of The Complete Persepolis

The Complete Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris, Anjali Singh

4.4

2003

Cover of How to Be a Woman

How to Be a Woman

Caitlin Moran

3.7

2011

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 A Doll's House

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen, Michael Meyer

3.7

1879

Cover of Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.4

1992

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 Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang

4.2

1991

Cover of The Kitchen God's Wife

The Kitchen God's Wife

Amy Tan

4.0

1991

Cover of Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa

4.0

1981

Cover of Zeitoun

Zeitoun

Dave Eggers

4.1

2008

Cover of The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

3.5

1898

Cover of The Shoemaker's Wife

The Shoemaker's Wife

Adriana Trigiani

4.0

2012

Cover of Truman

Truman

David McCullough

4.2

1992

Cover of The General's Daughter

The General's Daughter

Nelson DeMille

4.1

1992

Cover of Black Like Me

Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin

4.1

1960

Cover of Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

4.3

2006

Cover of We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.5

2014

Cover of Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

John Steinbeck

4.1

1962

Cover of Prozac Nation

Prozac Nation

Elizabeth Wurtzel

3.6

1994

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 Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev, George Reavy, Jane Costlow

3.9

1862

Cover of Fingersmith

Fingersmith

Sarah Waters

4.0

2002

Cover of Euphoria

Euphoria

Lily King

3.8

2014

Cover of An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Kay Redfield Jamison

4.0

1995

Cover of Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down

Mark Bowden

4.3

1999

Cover of Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras

4.0

1994

Cover of Judge & Jury

Judge & Jury

James Patterson, Andrew Gross

4.0

2006

Cover of Demian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

Demian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

Hermann Hesse

4.1

1919

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 The Cross and the Switchblade

The Cross and the Switchblade

David Wilkerson, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill

4.2

1963

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 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 Black Boy

Black Boy

Richard Wright, Jerry W. Ward Jr.

4.0

1945

Cover of Little Brother

Little Brother

Cory Doctorow

3.9

2008

Cover of Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

David Baldacci

4.0

2001

Cover of Down and Out in Paris and London

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell

4.1

1933

Cover of Hard Times

Hard Times

Charles Dickens

3.5

1854

Cover of The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mohsin Hamid

3.7

2007

Cover of Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

4.1

2014

Cover of Eugene Onegin

Eugene Onegin

Alexander Pushkin, James E. Falen

4.1

1833

Cover of The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

4.0

2006

Cover of No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer

4.0

2012

Cover of The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Milan Kundera, Aaron Asher

4.0

1979

Cover of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

Ayana Mathis

3.5

2012

Cover of Rich Man, Poor Man

Rich Man, Poor Man

Irwin Shaw

4.2

1969

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 Desert Solitaire

Desert Solitaire

Edward Abbey

4.2

1968

Cover of Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice

Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice

John Layman, Rob Guillory

4.0

2009

Cover of One Summer: America, 1927

One Summer: America, 1927

Bill Bryson

4.1

2013

Cover of Snow

Snow

Orhan Pamuk, Maureen Freely

3.5

2002

Cover of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

4.3

1979

Cover of The Beautiful and Damned

The Beautiful and Damned

F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.8

1922

Cover of Truth and Beauty

Truth and Beauty

Ann Patchett

3.9

2004

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 Term Limits

Term Limits

Vince Flynn

4.3

1997

Cover of The Return of the Native

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy, Alexander Theroux

3.8

1878

Cover of The Crimson Petal and the White

The Crimson Petal and the White

Michel Faber

3.9

2002

Cover of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs

4.1

1861

Cover of Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

Henrik Ibsen, William Archer

3.8

1890

Cover of On the Beach

On the Beach

Nevil Shute

3.9

1957

Cover of Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

Hampton Sides

4.2

2001

Cover of Living History

Living History

Hillary Rodham Clinton

3.8

2003

Cover of The Simple Truth

The Simple Truth

David Baldacci

4.0

1998

Cover of The Island

The Island

Victoria Hislop

4.0

2005

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 Fortune's Rocks

Fortune's Rocks

Anita Shreve

3.9

1999

Cover of Matterhorn

Matterhorn

Karl Marlantes

4.3

2009

Cover of Secrets of a Charmed Life

Secrets of a Charmed Life

Susan Meissner

4.2

2015

Cover of All Over But the Shoutin'

All Over But the Shoutin'

Rick Bragg

4.1

1997

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 A Piece of Cake

A Piece of Cake

Cupcake Brown

4.2

2006

Cover of Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

Jean Sasson

4.0

1992

Cover of The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley

3.8

2010

Cover of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Margot Lee Shetterly

3.9

2016

Cover of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

John Perkins

3.8

2004

Cover of Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

Adeline Yen Mah

3.9

1997

Cover of The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara March

3.8

1993

Cover of Island Beneath the Sea

Island Beneath the Sea

Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden

4.0

2009

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