The Madman's Gallery
By: Edward Brooke-Hitching
4.25
Format: 256 pages, ebook
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1. Hunting Eichmann
By: Neal Bascomb
4.25
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
"Hunting Eichmann" is the first complete narrative of a relentless and harrowing international manh… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
2. The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
By: Edward Dolnick
3.50
Format: None pages,
Tijdens de Duitse bezetting van Nederland heeft Han van Meegeren fortuin gemaakt met het vervalsen … read more
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- art
- art history
- nonfiction
- history
3. Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
By: Guy Deutscher
4.75
Format: None pages,
A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny qu… read more
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4. On Ugliness
By: Umberto Eco
3.55
Format: 112 pages,
En apparence, beaute et laideur sont deux concepts qui s'impliquent mutuellement, et l'on comprend … read more
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5. Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York
By: Roz Chast
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the #1 NYT bestselling author of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast's new… read more
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6. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
By: Nghi Vo
4.17
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more
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"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
7. On the Fox Roads
By: Nghi Vo
4.04
Format: 29 pages, ebook
While learning the ropes from a crafty Jazz Age bank robber, a young stowaway discovers their authe… read more
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8. The Mars House
By: Natasha Pulley
4.02
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, a queer sci-fi novel about an Earth refugee a… read more
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9. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- art
- art history
- nonfiction
- history
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
10. Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
By: Jane Mount
4.33
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
This volume brims with bookish treasures, all delightfully illustrated by avowed bibliophile, Jane … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"I know that any book, when read at the right moment, might make my life better, might give me a greater understanding of the universe and all the other people in it."-Jane Mount, Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
"As Neil Gaiman said, a book is a "little empathy machine," and it is "very hard to hate people of a certain kind when you've just read a book of one of those people"."-Jane Mount, Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
"[John McPhee] has taught writing at Princeton for decades. He tells his classes, "Taking things from one source is plagiarism; taking things from several sources is research."-Jane Mount, Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
"The goal of this book is to triple the size of your To Be Read pile. It's a literary Wunderkammer, connecting you with books you might love for all kinds of reasons―because the subject speaks to you,…"-Jane Mount, Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
11. Song of the Huntress
By: Lucy Holland
3.76
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The acclaimed author of Sistersong transforms the story of Herla and the Wild Hunt into a rich, fem… read more
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12. Mal Goes to War: A Novel
By: Edward Ashton
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more
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13. The Story of Art Without Men
By: Katy Hessel
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before th… read more
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- art
- art history
- nonfiction
- history
14. The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
By: Guy Leschziner
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narco… read more
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- nonfiction
15. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
By: Philip Matyszak
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civili… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Phoenicians pioneered a new style of writing that reproduced not images of the things described but the sounds used for them in speech--the first alphabetic script, As trade developed, writing became…"-Philip Matyszak, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
16. The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells
By: Sarah Churchwell
4.21
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Gone With the Wind, the myth of the Lost Cause and what they can tell us about American history and… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1)
By: Max Gladstone
4.17
Format: 239 pages, Paperback
Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down … read more
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18. The Master of Samar
By: Melissa Scott
4.21
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
Rejected by his aristocratic family, Gil Irichels has been content to make his living as a travelin… read more
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19. Green Frog: Stories
By: Gina Chung
4.14
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformati… read more
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20. 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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- nonfiction
21. Beastly Beauty
By: Jennifer Donnelly
3.69
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly comes a revolutionary, gend… read more
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"If you want to know a person, don't ask to hear their truth. Listen to their lies."-Jennifer Donnelly, Beastly Beauty
"You must do one thing and one thing only--become the person you were meant to be. No matter how daunting that task may be. Otherwise, your life is not a life; it is merely a long, protracted death."-Jennifer Donnelly, Beastly Beauty
22. The History of Bones: A Memoir
By: John Lurie
4.20
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, music… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
23. The Shabti
By: Megaera C. Lorenz
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Can you flimflam a ghost? It’s 1934. Former medium Dashiel Quicke travels the country debunking spi… read more
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24. The Madman's Gallery
By: Edward Brooke-Hitching
4.25
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Enter The Madman’s Gallery and discover an extraordinary exhibition of the greatest curiosities fro… read more
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25. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.05
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more
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26. Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times: A Practical Guide to Stoicism for Self-Improvement and Personal Growth
By: Brigid Delaney
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this heartfelt and soul-searching work, brimming with warmth, humor, and insight, the beloved Gu… read more
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- nonfiction
"You are more likely to feel an inner disturbance if you set your heart and mind on something that is beyond your control to obtain."-Brigid Delaney, Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times: A Practical Guide to Stoicism for Self-Improvement and Personal Growth
27. London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers
By: Jack Chesher
4.43
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
See London in a completely new light in this guide to the city's hidden secrets, untold stories and… read more
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- nonfiction
28. Just Draw Botanicals: Beautiful Botanical Art, Contemporary Artists, Modern Materials
By: Helen Birch
4.26
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
Just Draw Botanicals presents a collection of 90 beautiful botanical images by contemporary artists… read more
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- nonfiction
29. Barbarica. Tysiąc lat zapomnianej historii ziem polskich
By: Michael Morys-Twarowski
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Brakujący rozdział naszej historii Najdawniejsze dzieje ziem polskich wciąż rozbudzają dyskusje … read more
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30. Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning
By: Eli Burnstein
3.97
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Swamp or bog? Guilt or shame? Club soda or sparkling water? From food to fashion, ethics to archite… read more
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31. This Rough Magic: At Home on the Columbia Slough
By: Nancy Henry
4.85
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
Moving to a log house bordering the Columbia Slough, a couple discovers a vest-pocket Valhalla with… read more
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