Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found
By: Gilbert King
4.13
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Devil in the Grove, the gripping true stor…
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1. The Fifties
By: David Halberstam
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Fiftiesis a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Ha… read more
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2. Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
By: Sonia Purnell
4.54
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A long-overdue tribute to the extraordinary woman behind Winston Churchill By Winston Churchill's o… read more
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3. 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
- true crime
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
4. Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi
By: Susan Hendricks
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Former CNN/HLN anchor and veteran broadcast journalist Susan Hendricks takes an investigative deep-… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
5. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
By: Roxanna Asgarian
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more
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- race
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- social justice
- crime
- audiobook
6. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
By: Shahnaz Habib
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
7. Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
By: Charles Person
4.50
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward--written … read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- social justice
8. Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
By: Sierra Crane Murdoch
3.76
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indi… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
"Percy and Lissa shared a father, but as far as Lissa was concerned, calling him her “half brother"-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
"Her precociousness hardened into defiance, and her defiance broke into a reckless rage that scared even her own mother."-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
"The casino was at the center of a constellation of transactions. I saw fishermen come to fish the lake; a woman looking for a job; elders cracking crab legs at the casino buffet—one of two restaurant…"-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
"The tribe was unprepared for the boom, he believed. After centuries of colonization—of federal entities weakening and displacing tribal institutions—it did not have the resources, let alone the exper…"-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
9. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys
By: Erin Kimmerle
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- social justice
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
10. The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South
By: Radley Balko
4.03
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursue… read more
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- race
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- social justice
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
11. 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
- 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
12. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
By: Donovan X. Ramsey
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- social justice
- crime
- audiobook
13. Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration
By: Alejandra Oliva
4.25
Format: 320 pages, None
The Undocumented Americans meets Tell Me How It Ends in this chronicle about translation, storytell… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
14. The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring
By: Patti McCracken
3.45
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Angel Makers is a true-crime story like no other--a 1920s midwife who may have been the century… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
15. The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
By: Deborah Blum
3.92
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author … read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
By: Daniel Stone
3.81
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, a fascinating and rollicking plunge into… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"History, after all, isn't told by the dead."-Daniel Stone, Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
17. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
By: A.J. Jacobs
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. The Con Queen of Hollywood: The Hunt for an Evil Genius
By: Scott C. Johnson
3.31
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“This book is as engrossing as anything by Agatha Christie, as unsettling as a novel by Stephen Kin… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
19. The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
By: Katherine Sharp Landdeck
4.20
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The thrilling true story of the daring female aviators who helped the United States win World War I… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
20. Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found
By: Gilbert King
4.13
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Devil in the Grove, the gripping true stor… read more
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- race
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- social justice
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
21. Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote
By: Eric Holder
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history of the vote; a primer on the opponents fighting to t… read more
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- race
- history
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
