9 Best history books like Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians by Ian Frisch

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Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

By: Ian Frisch

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Neil Strauss’ The Game and Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein comes the fascina…

If you liked the history plot in Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians by Ian Frisch , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. It's Not Me, It's You

By: Jon Richardson

3.59

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

A control freak looks for love. (Women who leave wet teaspoons in sugar bowls need not apply). "… read more

Similar categories in Jon Richardson's It's Not Me, It's You book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind

By: Alex Stone

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the back rooms of New York City’s age-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs, thr… read more

Similar categories in Alex Stone's Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • magic
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

3. The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry #1)

By: Guy Gavriel Kay

3.78

Format: 320 pages,

The first volume in Guy Gavriel Kay's stunning fantasy masterwork. Five men and women find themselv… read more

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4. My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir

By: Carl Reiner

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

More than once, Carl Reiner has had friends say, "Hey, Reiner, you ought to write those things down… read more

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5. Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

By: Gabriel Wyner

4.23

Format: None pages,

The ultimate rapid language-learning guide! For those who've despaired of ever learning a foreign l… read more

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6. Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight

By: M.E. Thomas

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The first memoir of its kind, Confessions of a Sociopathis an engrossing, highly captivating narrat… read more

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7. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

Similar categories in Kara Swisher's Burn Book: A Tech Love Story book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Lost Cause

By: Cory Doctorow

3.65

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It's thirty years from now and we're making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely.… read more

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  • audiobook
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9. A Class Act: Life as a Working-Class Man in a Middle-Class World

By: Rob Beckett

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Rob Beckett never seems to fit in. At work, in the middle-class world of television he’s the laddie… read more

Similar categories in Rob Beckett's A Class Act: Life as a Working-Class Man in a Middle-Class World book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. What We Owe the Future

By: William MacAskill

3.84

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

An Oxford philosopher makes the case for "longtermism"—that positively influencing the long-term fu… read more

Similar categories in William MacAskill's What We Owe the Future book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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11. The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases

By: Gary Small

3.83

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

“Stories of human behavior at its most extreme….With humor, compassion, empathy, and insight, Small… read more

Similar categories in Gary Small's The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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12. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Riesman's Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • biography
  • history
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election by Michael Isikoff

13. Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election

By: Michael Isikoff

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From veteran award-winning investigative journalists Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, the epic … read more

Similar categories in Michael Isikoff's Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. Gun Honey, Vol. 1

By: Charles Ardai

3.57

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Award winning Charles Ardai, co-founder of Hard Case Crime, brings his noir expertise to the fore i… read more

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15. Counterweight

By: Djuna

3.06

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, an absorbing tale of corporate intr… read more

Similar categories in Djuna's Counterweight book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • audiobook
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16. Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts (#1-4)

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.52

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Hungry Ghosts is cooked up by the best selling author and veteran chef, Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen C… read more

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Cover of Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice by David Enrich

17. Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice

By: David Enrich

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times’s Business Investigations Editor and #1 bestselling author of Dark Towers c… read more

Similar categories in David Enrich's Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"On January 6, months of fearmongering and lies about voter fraud and a stolen election exploded into a deadly insurrection. Jones Day wasn't to blame, but it wasn't not to blame either. The firm had …"

-David Enrich, Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice

Cover of Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians by Ian Frisch

18. Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

By: Ian Frisch

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Neil Strauss’ The Game and Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein comes the fascina… read more

Similar categories in Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • magic
  • research
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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19. How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters

By: Joshua Jay

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

There’s a saying: The door to magic is closed, but it’s not locked. In How Magicians Think, profess… read more

Similar categories in Joshua Jay's How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • biography
  • history
  • magic
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of David Copperfield's History of Magic by David Copperfield

20. David Copperfield's History of Magic

By: David Copperfield

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the world’s greatest and most … read more

Similar categories in David Copperfield's David Copperfield's History of Magic book and Ian Frisch's Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians

  • biography
  • history
  • magic
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Stuff of Nightmares: The Monster Makers by R.L. (Robert) Stine

21. Stuff of Nightmares: The Monster Makers

By: R.L. (Robert) Stine

3.49

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A Modern Retelling of the Horror Classic Frankenstein, Perfect for Fans of Fear Street, Jekyll, and… read more

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3.72

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3.99

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4.26

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4.33

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