8 best-selling history books like Brief Biographies of Badass Bitches: Women You Should Know More About But Probably Don't by Lisa Lee Curtis

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Brief Biographies of Badass Bitches: Women You Should Know More About But Probably Don't

By: Lisa Lee Curtis

4.39

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

You may know who this actor is, and yes, you may really love this musician. Or, hey, you may actual…

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1. Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.43

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, … read more

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"Stay out of this,"

-Patricia Briggs, Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8)

"Jumping Jehoshaphat. O Holy Night."

-Patricia Briggs, Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8)

"Almost-Sister, you picked a real catch."

-Patricia Briggs, Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8)

"Death isn't a tragedy to God, only to those left behind."

-Patricia Briggs, Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8)

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2. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (D.O.D.O., #1)

By: Neal Stephenson , Nicole Galland

3.86

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed historical and contemporary commer… read more

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"I love the scent of a man under pressure."

-Neal Stephenson, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (D.O.D.O., #1)

"They could not see what they could not imagine"

-Neal Stephenson, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (D.O.D.O., #1)

"the American obsession with putting ice cubes into everything."

-Neal Stephenson, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (D.O.D.O., #1)

"with the perky vigor of a man who had sat through one too many free webinars about the importance of networking."

-Neal Stephenson, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (D.O.D.O., #1)

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3. Beauty's Punishment (Sleeping Beauty, #2)

By: Anne Rice , A.N. Roquelaure

3.55

Format: 199 pages,

An erotic novel of discipline, love, and surrender for the enjoyment of men and women. This sequel … read more

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4. Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

My name is Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman, and I am a car mechanic. And a coyote shapeshifter. … read more

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"All due respect, Renny,"

-Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11)

"Some people, me, get a black eye and other people ask "who beat you up?" Other people, Spielman, get a black eye and other people say "where did they bury the other guy?"

-Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11)

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5. Forging Hephaestus (Villains' Code, #1)

By: Drew Hayes , Amy Landon

4.50

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Gifted with metahuman powers in a world full of capes and villains, Tori Rivas kept away from the l… read more

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"We’ve gotten wind of a confluence."

-Drew Hayes, Forging Hephaestus (Villains' Code, #1)

"Like watches over like, as the saying goes."

-Drew Hayes, Forging Hephaestus (Villains' Code, #1)

"To put it as simply as possible, I ate a god."

-Drew Hayes, Forging Hephaestus (Villains' Code, #1)

"I can really feel the love in this apprenticeship already,"

-Drew Hayes, Forging Hephaestus (Villains' Code, #1)

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6. Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.36

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Patricia Briggs's novel River Marked was praised as "an urban fantasy where our everyday world is b… read more

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"Mercedes,"

-Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7)

"She hit us,"

-Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7)

"You’re a dead man,"

-Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7)

"It is my place to remind you of the rules,"

-Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7)

7. The Third Angel

By: Alice Hoffman

3.86

Format: 368 pages,

"Alice Hoffman is my favorite writer." -Jodi Picoult Alice Hoffman is one of our most beloved write… read more

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8. River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mercy Thompson: Mechanic, Shapeshifter, Fighter. Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known th… read more

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"What?"

-Patricia Briggs, River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)

"I don't break; I bounce."

-Patricia Briggs, River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)

"I am so glad Todd and I eloped,"

-Patricia Briggs, River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)

"Adam didn't approve of Wal-Mart."

-Patricia Briggs, River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)

9. Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson, #9)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.25

Format: 131 pages, Hardcover

Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and he… read more

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10. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

By: Casey Sherman

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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11. Bea Wolf

By: Zach Weinersmith

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids wh… read more

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"Dawn rose, like a jerk."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

"Make no more clouds. I have drawn the rainbow here."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

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12. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

By: Kamala Harris

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more

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  • feminism
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

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13. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

By: Zora Neale Hurston

4.04

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"The present was too urgent to let the past intrude."

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

"You see de rattlesnake in de woods?' Dey say, 'Yeah.' I say 'If you bother wid him, he bite you. If you know de snake killee you, why you bother wid him?' (Oluale Kossula)"

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

"So den we gittee married by de license, but I doan love my wife no mo' wid de license than I love her befo' de license. She a good woman and I love her all de time. (Oluale Kossula)"

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

"Whole nations are transported, exterminated, their name to be forgotten, except in the annual festival of their conquerors, when sycophants call the names of the vanquished countries to the remembran…"

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

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14. The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine

By: Justin McElroy

4.00

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

A compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came t… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Brief Biographies of Badass Bitches: Women You Should Know More About But Probably Don't

By: Lisa Lee Curtis

4.39

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

You may know who this actor is, and yes, you may really love this musician. Or, hey, you may actual… read more

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  • feminism
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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16. Last One to Leave

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.40

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Seven strangers are invited to compete to win a clifftop mansion. The rules are simple: each contes… read more

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17. Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

By: Jen Gunter

4.25

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Jen Gunter fights myths and fear-mongering with real science, inclusive facts, and shame-free a… read more

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  • feminism
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Reproducing a human is a massive biological effort. Energy-wise, it's on par with the limits of the most extreme sports, for example, running 5,000 km (3,000 miles) over 120 days or cycling the Tour …"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

"When it comes to painful periods, there is an epidemic of undertreatment. Women's pain is undertreated in general, as compared to men's, but painful periods have historically been seen as a "woman th…"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

"Unfortunately, instead of a world where those who bear the physical burdens of reproduction—whether they reproduce or not—have equal footing, we have the opposite. The Ancient Greeks, the originators…"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

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18. On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down

By: James Fell

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The hilarious, irreverent guide to world history you never knew you needed, featuring 366 profanity… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. Delicate Escape (Sparrow Falls #2)

By: Catherine Cowles

4.77

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Trust doesn’t come easily when you’ve been running for as long as I have, which is why moving in wi… read more

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20. On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down: Number 2

By: James Fell

4.69

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

SH!T HAPPENS. AGAIN. That famous photo of the Loch Ness Monster was faked as an act of revenge aga… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. Russian Sleeper Cell

By: Nathan Monk

4.25

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

The mysterious death of a nun results in the closure of the homeless shelter she had devoted her li… read more

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8 must-read nonfiction books like Brief Biographies of Badass Bitches: Women You Should Know More About But Probably Don't by Lisa Lee Curtis

Transform Your Habits

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

Casey Sherman

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

Kamala Harris

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine

Justin McElroy

4.00

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16 best-selling fiction books like Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith

Transform Your Habits

The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

Jon Klassen

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

Transform Your Habits

On the Fox Roads

Nghi Vo

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Moth Keeper

Kay O'Neill

4.08

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