8 must-read nonfiction books like Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia by Marc Favreau

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Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia

By: Marc Favreau

3.86

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

The Cold War spanned five decades as America and the USSR engaged in a battle of ideologies with gl…

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1. The Cross and the Switchblade

By: David Wilkerson , John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill

4.26

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A young preacher from the Pennsylvania hills comes to New York City and influences troubled teenage… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Drugs, what a devil-inspired poison! It’s death on the installment plan."

-David Wilkerson, The Cross and the Switchblade

"The day you learn to be publically specific in your prayer, that is the day you will discover power."

-David Wilkerson, The Cross and the Switchblade

"We humans can work hard for each other, and we should and we must work. But it is God, and only God, who heals."

-David Wilkerson, The Cross and the Switchblade

"I have questioned God sometimes whether prayers have gone unanswered. But answered prayer is still harder to believe."

-David Wilkerson, The Cross and the Switchblade

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2. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.19

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

The Penderwick sisters busily discover the summertime magic of Arundel estate’s sprawling gardens, … read more

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"The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Don't kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Maybe it's fate Hound ate the map. Maybe we'll discover something wonderful while we're lost."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Toward the urn the three children raced in a dead heat, Jane still shouting . FOR CHURCHILL, NELSON, AND PRINCE WILLIAM!"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

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3. The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

By: Lindsey Fitzharris

3.44

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

The gripping story of how Joseph Lister's antiseptic method changed medicine forever In The Butcher… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. A.D. 33 (A.D., #2)

By: Ted Dekker

3.68

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Ted Dekker delivers the gripping story of Maviah, a slave who beco… read more

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  • historical
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5. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Ken… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history

6. The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics

By: Daniel James Brown , Gregory Mone

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Timesbestseller about the Greatest Generation freshly adapted for the next generati… read more

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7. A.D. 30 (A.D., #1)

By: Ted Dekker

3.84

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine A war that rages between k… read more

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8. Through My Eyes

By: Tim Tebow , Nathan Whitaker

4.67

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

Former University of Florida star quarterback, 2010 first-round draft pick for the Denver Broncos, … read more

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9. Alamo All-Stars (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, #6)

By: Nathan Hale

4.19

Format: 208 pages,

"Remember the Alamo!" That rallying cry has been a part of Texas lore for generations. But who were… read more

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10. Nefertiti

By: Michelle Moran

4.00

Format: 212 pages,

Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provid… read more

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11. Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1)

By: Shannon Hale

3.87

Format: 272 pages,

Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simp… read more

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12. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.36

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick fam… read more

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13. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Penderwick sisters are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they… read more

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"I got a C because she has no imagination. Who cares about writing essays, anyway, when you can write stories?"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

"...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

"The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude," said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence. "Of course, at the time I was pretending to be a casual passerby and not a…"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

"[The kitchen] was also messy--delightfully so, thought Jane--and it didn't look as though lots of cooking went on there. There was a laptop computer on the counter with duck stickers on it, the spice…"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

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14. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

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  • historical
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15. All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.51

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

An account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a you-are-there style that blends suspense, scie… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo

16. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

By: Roseanne Montillo

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. What Was Pearl Harbor?

By: Patricia Brennan Demuth

4.30

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

A terrifying attack! On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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18. Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4)

By: S.D. Smith

4.61

Format: 416 pages, Perfect Paperback

The end is here. Heather and Picket face off for the last time with their tyrannical foes in this f… read more

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"It's like being inside a perfect poem, I think."

-S.D. Smith, Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4)

"It's always hard to forgive, but it's never not worth it."

-S.D. Smith, Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4)

"We were family then. We are family now. Won't you come home again?"

-S.D. Smith, Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4)

"Dear Kyle, you are the great nitwit of the world. Love, Jo Shanks."

-S.D. Smith, Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4)

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19. The Spy Who Knew Too Much: An Ex-CIA Officer's Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal

By: Howard Blum

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A retired spy gets back into the game to solve a perplexing case—and reconcile with his daughter, a… read more

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  • espionage
  • nonfiction
  • historical
  • history
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20. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia

By: Marc Favreau

3.86

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

The Cold War spanned five decades as America and the USSR engaged in a battle of ideologies with gl… read more

Similar categories in Marc Favreau's Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia book and Marc Favreau's Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction

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Lindsey Fitzharris

3.44

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Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

4.17

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All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team

Christina Soontornvat

4.51

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Roseanne Montillo

3.68

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Steve Sheinkin

4.13

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Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

Gretchen Rubin

3.72

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Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

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Victoria Jamieson

4.62

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