Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison
By: Daniel Genis
3.62
Format: None pages, None
A memoir of a decade in prison by a well-educated young addict known as the "Apologetic Bandit" …
Want to Read $ 4.99"It is easy not to steal when one isn’t hungry."-Daniel Genis, Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison
"It is easy not to steal when one isn’t hungry."-Daniel Genis, Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison
"It is easy not to steal when one isn’t hungry."-Daniel Genis, Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison
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1. The Know-It-All
By: None , A.J. Jacobs
3.76
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
33,000 Pages 44 Million Words 10 Billion Years Of History 1 Obsessed Man Part memoir and part… read more
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"I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know."-None, The Know-It-All
"My growing collection of facts keeps overlapping with my life."-None, The Know-It-All
"Reading Encyclopaedia Britannica is like channel surfing on a very highbrow cable system."-None, The Know-It-All
"One of my biggest challenges is figuring out how to shoehorn my newfound knowledge into conversations."-None, The Know-It-All
2. Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus
By: Alex Halberstadt
4.31
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One of the most original, influential and commercially successful American songwriters, Doc Pomus (… read more
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3. Trashed
By: Derf Backderf
4.61
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Every week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears--like magic! The reality is anything b… read more
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4. Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You
By: Kunal Nayyar
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
Of all the charming misfits on television, there's no doubt Raj from The Big Bang Theory-- the sinc… read more
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5. The Reason You Walk
By: Wab Kinew
4.30
Format: 503 pages, Hardcover
A moving story of father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic Aboriginal star. When his father … read more
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6. Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
By: Armistead Maupin
4.00
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
San Francisco, 1976. A naïve young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave… read more
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"Small world, huh?"-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
"We’re gonna be … I mean people like you and me … we’re gonna be fifty-year-old libertines in a world full of twenty-year-old Calvinists."-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
"The thing that bugs me... is that you never really know what women are like... not for a long time, anyway. They only show you what they want you to see." Michael nodded. "So you fantasize over all t…"-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
"Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on." The older woman poured herself a glass of sangria. "Screw that," she said quietly. "What?" "Screw that. Wash your mouth out. …"-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
7. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
By: Bob Odenkirk
3.60
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more
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"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
8. Corrections in Ink: A Memoir
By: Keri Blakinger
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“Brave, brutal . . . a riveting story about suffering, recovery, and redemption. Inspiring and rele… read more
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9. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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10. The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
By: Ian Urbina
4.36
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are… read more
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"Slavery is a harsh reality thatmour better angels would like to think ended two centuries ago, when many countries passed laws against such bondage withing their borders. But this sort of bondage is …"-Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
"This fantasy that it is possible to fish sustainably, legally, and using workers with contracts, making a living wage, and still deliver a five-ounce can of skipjack tuna for $2.50 that ends up on th…"-Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
11. Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library
By: Amanda Oliver
3.25
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Who are libraries for, how have they evolved, and why do they fill so many roles in our society tod… read more
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12. Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story
By: Max Marshall
3.50
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, le… read more
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13. Between Two Trailers
By: J. Dana Trent
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a… read more
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14. The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER
By: Thomas Fisher
3.92
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to stee… read more
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15. Golden Boy: A Murder Among the Manhattan Elite
By: John Glatt
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In Golden Boy, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert … read more
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16. The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
By: Finn Murphy
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul .”―Sloane Crosley, Vanity… read more
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"Books are completely disappearing. Remember in Fahrenheit 451 where the fireman's wife was addicted to interactive television and they sent fireman crews out to burn books? That mission has been larg…"-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
"It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited supply o…"-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
"It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t give two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited sup…"-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
17. Cost of Living: Essays
By: Emily Maloney
3.59
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combined with the uncomfortable truths of The Empathy Exa… read more
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18. Fi: A Memoir of My Son
By: Alexandra Fuller
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more
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"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
19. 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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20. The Adventurer's Son
By: Roman Dial
3.93
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
"I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle. . . . It should be difficult to get lost forever": The… read more
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"During that golden age, we shared music and books, swapped interests and insights. And as he grew to know more than I did in economics, genetics, and politics, he shared his knowledge enriching my li…"-Roman Dial, The Adventurer's Son
21. Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Grace: A True Story
By: Debra Moerke
4.40
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
When Debra Moerke and her husband decided to become foster parents, they never imagined how their l… read more
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22. Playmakers: How the NFL Really Works (And Doesn't)
By: Mike Florio
3.54
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The story of a modern NFL that can’t get out of its own way—and can’t stop making money In recent … read more
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23. What If It's True?: A Storyteller’s Journey with Jesus
By: Charles Martin
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
With the same depth, sensitivity, and emotion that has made his novels beloved to millions, Charles… read more
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24. The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
By: Andrew Leland
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to … read more
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"The problem arises, as [Adrienne] Asch observed, when "a single trait stands in for the whole, the trait obliterates the whole." Disabled people, like African Americans or any other marginalized grou…"-Andrew Leland, The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
25. The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
By: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
4.52
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The stunning memoir of a Muslim teen struggling to survive the Bosnian genocide--and the stray cat … read more
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"We like to see our enemies as fairy-tale villains, thoroughly wicked. But Tata sees nuances. He sees people, not causes or countries. It's the right way of looking at the world, I know. But unpopular."-Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
26. 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
- adult
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27. Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
By: Cecelia Watson
3.67
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuat… read more
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"The semicolon was born in Venice in 1494"-Cecelia Watson, Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
"At times I've felt less like a punctuation theorist than like a punctuation therapist"-Cecelia Watson, Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
28. This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life
By: Nigel Poor
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the co-creators and co-hosts of the Peabody- and Pulitzer-nominated podcast comes this unflinc… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"If I could be any animal, I would be a wish dragon that would only appear when a kid needed it. Based on my experience with imaginary friends, they're needed. But dragons eat meat, and I couldn't do …"-Nigel Poor, This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life
29. Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta
By: Beverly Lowry
3.41
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author… read more
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30. Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
By: Kyo Maclear
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its af… read more
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"A mother enters a story. But how does she enter? How does she walk across the pages of a book?"-Kyo Maclear, Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
"What is grief, if not the act of persisting and reconstituting oneself? What is its difficulty, if not the pressure to appear, once more, fully formed?"-Kyo Maclear, Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
"I could hear her saying: One day I will have a daughter and I will give her an unfinished story and it will be up to her to decide if it is a void or a gift."-Kyo Maclear, Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
"Knowledge is a beautiful sideways and sometimes upward spiral, but a tower of appeasement will not feed you. Merit badges will teach compliance with preset paths but will not teach pathfinding."-Kyo Maclear, Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
31. Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison
By: Daniel Genis
3.62
Format: None pages, None
A memoir of a decade in prison by a well-educated young addict known as the "Apologetic Bandit" … read more
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- memoir
- true crime
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- adult
- books about books
- audiobook
"It is easy not to steal when one isn’t hungry."-Daniel Genis, Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison
