24 Top nonfiction books like Dealing Death and Drugs: The Big Business of Dope in the U.S. and Mexico (Cinco Puntos Checkpoint Series) by Beto O'Rourke

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Dealing Death and Drugs: The Big Business of Dope in the U.S. and Mexico (Cinco Puntos Checkpoint Series)

By: Beto O'Rourke

3.97

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The War on Drugs doesn’t work. This became obvious to El Paso City Representatives Susie Byrd and B…

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1. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

By: Trevor Noah

4.49

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

The memoir of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days… read more

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"You didn’t know your dog was deaf?"

-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

"Don't fight the system, mock the system"

-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

"Don't fight the system. Mock the system."

-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

"Relationships are built in the silences."

-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

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2. Wildflower

By: Drew Barrymore

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges,… read more

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  • nonfiction
"You can be a warrior and be full of grace and class."

-Drew Barrymore, Wildflower

"He is so wonderful. And he is door number one. And I know it. And he’s right here."

-Drew Barrymore, Wildflower

"Well, I think to myself now, domestic bliss may be one thing, but domestic goddess you are not."

-Drew Barrymore, Wildflower

"The house is chaos sometimes when the dogs are trying to eat the kids' food or jumping into the tub with them. But it's worth it. Life with dogs is better."

-Drew Barrymore, Wildflower

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3. Yes Please

By: Amy Poehler

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Amy Poehler's highly anticipated first book, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of perso… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Why Not Me?

By: Mindy Kaling

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of the beloved New York Timesbestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons

By: Neil Strauss , Kevin Hart

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Superstar comedian and Hollywood box office star Kevin Hart tu… read more

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  • nonfiction

6. Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian

By: Bob Saget

3.65

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Millions of viewers know and love Bob Saget from his role as the sweetly neurotic father on the sma… read more

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7. The Bad Guys Won!

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

The Bad Guys Won, award-winning Sports Illustratedbaseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innoc… read more

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8. Behind the Gates of Gomorrah: A Year with the Criminally Insane

By: Stephen Seager

4.50

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Psychiatrist Stephen Seager was no stranger to locked psych wards when he accepted a job at Califor… read more

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9. Pimp: The Story of My Life

By: Iceberg Slim

3.86

Format: None pages,

read more

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10. Counting the Cost

By: Jill Duggar

4.06

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family… read more

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  • nonfiction
"He loved spending time with us and told us often that we were his number one hobby."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"Sometimes you have to be okay with other people not being okay with you. And you have to be okay with you not being okay too."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"The dangers were not just out there on the street or in the mall, and they weren't just limited to the summer. They were closer to home as I soon discovered."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"It's like roses and thorns, justice and grace. You can recognize the beauty and happy parts of your story while also recognizing the more difficult parts. The two can coexist. The highs aren't automa…"

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

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11. Paris: The Memoir

By: Paris Hilton

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

🎧Listening Length: 8 hours and 22 minutes ***An Instant New York Times Bestseller*** From the… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Some friendships just have their seasons, and that's ok."

-Paris Hilton, Paris: The Memoir

"Don’t waste energy living a life someone else designed for you. Life is one per customer. Let them do theirs. You do yours."

-Paris Hilton, Paris: The Memoir

"Know your worth, girls. You're not lucky to be at the party, the party is lucky to have you. Apply as needed to relationships, jobs, and family."

-Paris Hilton, Paris: The Memoir

"Maybe if one of them had told someone, it wouldn't have happened to me. And maybe if I had told someone, it wouldn't have happened to someone else."

-Paris Hilton, Paris: The Memoir

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12. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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13. The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy

By: Michael Lewis

4.09

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran the US Department of Energy waite… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"The problems that had been Obama's problems for the past eight years were about to become Trump's problems. But his people didn't seem to want to know about them."

-Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy

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14. Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell

By: Tim Miller

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former Republican political operative Tim Miller admits what no one else on the right ever will: th… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
" Why We Did It is a book about the people who submitted to every whim of a comically unfit and detestable man who crapped all over them and took over the party they had given their life to. It’s abou…"

-Tim Miller, Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell

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15. Leslie F*cking Jones

By: Leslie Jones

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Dad"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

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16. Olga Dies Dreaming

By: Xóchitl González

3.98

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown… read more

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"It's a myth about motherhood, Olga felt, that the time in utero imbues mothers with a lifelong understanding of their children. Yes, they know their essences, this she didn't doubt, but mothers are s…"

-Xóchitl González, Olga Dies Dreaming

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17. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

By: Dolly Parton

4.03

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of … read more

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  • nonfiction
"My coat of many colors that my mama made for me, Made only from rags, but I wore it so proudly. Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be. In my coat of many colors my mama made for me…"

-Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

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18. A Very Punchable Face

By: Colin Jost

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—meta… read more

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  • nonfiction
"As Lorne says, 'Careers are made by choices."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"Every public golf course on Staten Island has a secret alter ego."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"When you go to auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.' -Paula Abdul"

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"I now hate the phrase ‘That will work.’ It’s such a mediocre goal to set for yourself."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

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19. Love, Pamela

By: Pamela Anderson

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

To live and dream is a wicked dance. My dreams often come true -- a curse, and a blessing. Pa… read more

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  • nonfiction
"She told me that you get to have only one true love, and once you've found it, whether you kept it or lost it, you'd never recover...Accepting that was the hardest part."

-Pamela Anderson, Love, Pamela

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20. Evil Eye

By: Etaf Rum

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking explor… read more

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"(...) she shrugged to articulate her feelings, even to herself. Words diluted things, made them smaller."

-Etaf Rum, Evil Eye

"Her family had always been told to classify themselves as white because of their Middle Eastern origins. But Yara had never considered herself white or been viewed as white by anyone else, and markin…"

-Etaf Rum, Evil Eye

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21. The House Is on Fire

By: Rachel Beanland

4.10

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The author of Florence Adler Swims Forever returns with a masterful work of historical fiction abou… read more

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"If you want to help... any of us, then you get where you're going and you work hard and you find a way to take care of someone else the way your uncle has taken care of you."

-Rachel Beanland, The House Is on Fire

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22. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

By: Crystal Hefner

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. 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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  • politics
  • crime
  • nonfiction
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24. Happy People Are Annoying

By: Josh Peck

4.06

Format: 272 pages, ebook

A wonderfully candid memoir from one of the most recognizable faces of a generation, actor, writer,… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. 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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  • politics
  • 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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26. Unprotected: A Memoir

By: Billy Porter

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Billy Porter, the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is a powerful … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Lenora was a Fosse girl. She had learned from the mater, the actual master himself. Fosse was a galvanizing choreographer, who fascinated and spoke directly to me for a range of reasons. The first wa…"

-Billy Porter, Unprotected: A Memoir

"Lenora was a Fosse girl. She had learned from the master, the actual master himself. Fosse was a galvanizing choreographer, who fascinated and spoke directly to me for a range of reasons. The first w…"

-Billy Porter, Unprotected: A Memoir

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27. Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

By: Jamie Raskin

4.51

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the star… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"If a person can grow through unthinkable trauma and loss, perhaps a nation may, too."

-Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

"Memory requires active engagement with the complexities of the past. It is not an unthinking or passive process, like breathing or (for most people) sleeping. I have found that good memory, like good…"

-Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

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28. The World's Worst Assistant

By: Sona Movsesian

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Conan O’Brien’s longtime assistant and cohost of his podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, a … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Mein Assistent findet das Streben nach dem göttlichen griechischen Staat Arete „lahm“ und sollte „einen Schwanz essen“. - Conan O'Brien"

-Sona Movsesian, The World's Worst Assistant

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29. Dealing Death and Drugs: The Big Business of Dope in the U.S. and Mexico (Cinco Puntos Checkpoint Series)

By: Beto O'Rourke

3.97

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The War on Drugs doesn’t work. This became obvious to El Paso City Representatives Susie Byrd and B… read more

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  • politics
  • crime
  • nonfiction
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30. Pure Narco: One Man's True Story of 25 Years Inside the Cartels

By: Jesse Fink

3.85

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

‘Gripping story ... fascinating ... those interested in how the illegal drug trade and law enforcem… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
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31. The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir

By: Kelly Bishop

4.52

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Come for the Gilmore Girls anecdotes, stay for the revealing truths about what it takes to build a… read more

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  • nonfiction

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4.36

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4.09

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3.97

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4.36

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3.75

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