Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
By: Alexandra Petri
3.67
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook …
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1. poyums
By: Len Pennie
4.58
Format: 129 pages, Kindle Edition
And I have done more than just simply get by So much more than escape or survive Through the galv… read more
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2. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
3. Starter Villain
By: John Scalzi
4.16
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more
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- humor
- adult
- comedy
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"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
4. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
5. Festival of Shadows: A Japanese Ghost Story
By: Atelier Sentô
3.93
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
What happens when the living risk their lives to save the souls of the dead? Every summer, in an… read more
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6. Great Expectations
By: Vinson Cunningham
3.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man’s life in the highly a… read more
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- politics
- audiobook
"For him, identity had been a kind of curation or collation—he picked up aspects as he went, freestyle."-Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations
"It had always struck me as a place to be lost, experienced passage by passage in a series of unfolding images—not something you could take in in one possessive glance."-Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations
7. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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- history
- humor
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- comedy
- audiobook
8. The Hebrew Teacher
By: Maya Arad
4.04
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome cris… read more
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"״ילד לא צריך בכלל מסיבה גדולה עד גיל ארבע,״ פוסקת רוית. ״מה, בארץ עושים רק עם הסבתות, הדודים...״ ״אבל זו הבעיה, אין פה סבתות,״ היא מחווה את דעתה. ״איי,״ מלכה מסכימה, ״זאת בדיוק הבעיה. אין פה סבתות.״"-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher
"יועד לוגם מהכוס ומעווה את פניו. ״חרא קפה.״ ״בפעם הבאה תלך לקפה מול הספרייה,״ היא מציעה לו טיפ של מקומיים. רק לפני שנה פתחו אותו, וכל הקמפוס מדבר עליו: כמו בניו יורק, כמו בסן פרנסיסקו, בסיאטל: קלייה ע…"-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher
9. 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife
By: Ken Jennings
3.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes… read more
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- history
- humor
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
10. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
11. Quietly Hostile: Essays
By: Samantha Irby
3.70
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more
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- humor
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- essays
- adult
- comedy
- audiobook
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
12. The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor
By: Keegan-Michael Key
3.90
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
"A boisterous debut … the authors are as funny as one would expect … this is a hoot.” ― Publishers … read more
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- history
- historical
- humor
- nonfiction
- adult
- comedy
- audiobook
13. In the Pines: A Lynching, A Lie, A Reckoning
By: Grace Elizabeth Hale
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Courageous and compelling…essential and critically important.” —Bryan Stevenson An award-winnin… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses
By: Katie Spalding
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, whe… read more
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- historical
- humor
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
15. Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
By: Alexandra Petri
3.67
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook … read more
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- historical
- politics
- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- comedy
- audiobook
16. You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant
By: Brad Neely
4.30
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
A comically unorthodox “biography” Spanning from the birth of Ulysses S. Grant until his victory… read more
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17. How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You
By: Reductress
3.47
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A biting humor collection about the cult of productivity and the feeling of impending doom that com… read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"8 Things Other Than Your Productivity to Base Your Worth On: -Hair shininess -Easily calculating a 20 percent tip -Compliments from others about your productivity -Attention span (ability to watch se…"-Reductress, How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You
"In my stressful 9-to-5, it was hard to find time for peace. Often, I would become so frustrated I would send messages to colleagues like, 'I am confused as to why you did not notify me sooner of your…"-Reductress, How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You
18. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more
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"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
19. Bunyan and Henry: Or, the Beautiful Destiny
By: Mark Cecil
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A large-hearted reimagining of beloved all-American legends, this epic debut novel brings men of my… read more
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"You took in the name of God, took in the name of science, took because only your conscience stood in your way; in other words, nothing stood in your way at all. You crushed us with disease, then guns…"-Mark Cecil, Bunyan and Henry: Or, the Beautiful Destiny
20. The Deadline
By: Jill Lepore
4.30
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
TIME • 10 Best Books of August 2023 A book to be read and kept for posterity, The Deadline is th… read more
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21. This Afterlife: Selected Poems
By: A.E. Stallings
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A selection of sharp, witty, and impeccably crafted poems from A. E. Stallings, the award-winning p… read more
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