9 must-read nonfiction books like Voices from the Rust Belt by Anne Trubek

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Voices from the Rust Belt

By: Anne Trubek

3.68

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The essays in Voices from the Rust Belt "address segregated schools, rural childhoods, suburban enn…

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1. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

By: Erik Larson

4.05

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"People seemed to believe that technology had stripped hurricanes of their power to kill. No hurricane expert endorsed this view."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burl…"

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

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2. Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

By: Iain M. Banks

3.85

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the … read more

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"Better still to have problems than to let death eradicate them all...."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

"Look on the happy side, think of the good things. Hadn't it been clever? Yes, it had."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

"Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the means to accomplish it in the first place."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

"The Jinmoti of Bozlen Two kill the hereditary ritual assassins of the new Yearking's immediate family by drowning them in the tears of the Continental Empathaur in its Sadness Season."

-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

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3. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

By: Dan Flores

3.41

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Orthodoxy

By: G.K. Chesterton

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

By: Ben Montgomery

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

6. Outline

By: Rachel Cusk

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

A woman writer goes to Athens in the height of summer to teach a writing course. Though her own cir… read more

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7. To The Bright Edge of the World

By: Eowyn Ivey

4.05

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set again in the Alaskan landscape that she bought to stunningly vivid life in The Snow Child, Eowy… read more

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8. Asymmetry: A Novel

By: None

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A singularly inventive and unforgettable debut novel about love, luck, and the inextricability of l… read more

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9. Saga, Vol. 4 (Saga, #4)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

Sagais the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the universe. As they … read more

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10. Saga, Vol. 2 (Saga, #2)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

From award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Pride of Baghdad, Ex Machina) and critically acclaimed … read more

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11. Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

By: Candice Millard

3.55

Format: None pages, Paperback

From New York Timesbestselling author of Destiny of the Republicand The River of Doubt, a thrilling… read more

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12. The Hard Way on Purpose: Essays and Dispatches from the Rust Belt

By: David Giffels

3.74

Format: 70 pages, ebook

Award-winning author and journalist David Giffels explores the meaning of identity and place, hambu… read more

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13. My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (My Brother's Husband Omnibus, #1)

By: Gengoroh Tagame , Anne Ishii

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

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14. Saga, Vol. 5 (Saga, #5)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Multiple storylines collide in this cosmos-spanning new volume. While Gwendolyn and Lying Cat risk … read more

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15. The Moons of Jupiter

By: Alice Munro

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** The characters who populate an Alice Munro story live a… read more

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16. Saga, Vol. 3 (Saga, #3)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

From the Hugo Award-winning duo of Brian K. Vaughan (The Private Eye, Y: The Last Man) and Fiona St… read more

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17. New York

By: Edward Rutherfurd

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Edward Rutherfurd celebrates America's greatest city in a rich, engrossing saga, weaving together t… read more

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18. American Rust

By: Philipp Meyer

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, American Rustis a novel of … read more

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19. Camp Damascus

By: Chuck Tingle

3.94

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more

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"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

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20. Saga, Volume 10

By: Brian K. Vaughan

4.31

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

At long last, Hazel and her star-crossed family are finally back, and they’ve made some new...frien… read more

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21. Stars in Your Eyes

By: Kacen Callender

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The National Book Award-winning author of  Felix Ever After  delivers a beautifully tender story of… read more

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22. Melissa

By: Alex Gino

4.10

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she… read more

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"Girl problems?"

-Alex Gino, Melissa

"My dad’s cleaning!"

-Alex Gino, Melissa

"Some of us take death very seriously."

-Alex Gino, Melissa

"I still don’t see why I can’t just take the next bus,"

-Alex Gino, Melissa

Cover of The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

23. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

By: Vincent Bevins

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- ba… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"

-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

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24. Full Throttle

By: Joe Hill

4.00

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping groun… read more

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  • anthologies
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25. Boys Weekend

By: Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more

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26. Carmilla: The First Vampire

By: Amy Chu

3.40

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1… read more

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27. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent

By: Dipo Faloyin

4.43

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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28. The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America

By: Monica Potts

3.88

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed journalist tries to understand how she escaped her small-town in Arkansas while her br… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • sociology
"When I was little, I thought that when people were drunk they were drunk forever. Later, I learned that this is not true. Even later, I learned that sometimes it is."

-Monica Potts, The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America

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29. Ito Junji's Cat Diary

By: Junji Ito

4.24

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

The representative of Japanese horror comics, Junji Ito = horror manga author J. J, a dog person, w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"The road to cat wand mastery is long and treacherous indeed!"

-Junji Ito, Ito Junji's Cat Diary

Cover of The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers by Marjorie M. Liu

30. The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the graphic novel horror trilogy The Night Eaters from Marjorie Liu and Sana T… read more

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31. Voices from the Rust Belt

By: Anne Trubek

3.68

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The essays in Voices from the Rust Belt "address segregated schools, rural childhoods, suburban enn… read more

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  • social science
  • american history
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
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  • essays
  • society
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6 must-read history books like Voices from the Rust Belt by Anne Trubek

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Erik Larson

4.05

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Dan Flores

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

Ben Montgomery

4.42

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Vincent Bevins

4.61

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20 Top fiction books like Saga, Volume 10 by Brian K. Vaughan

Transform Your Habits

Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1

James Tynion IV

4.16

Transform Your Habits

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James Tynion IV

4.26

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James Tynion IV

4.29

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4.31

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