Beautiful Crescent: A History of New Orleans
By: Joan B. Garvey
3.52
Format: 249 pages, Paperback
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1. American Assassin (Mitch Rapp, #1)
By: Vince Flynn
4.25
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
Mitch Rapp is a gifted college athlete who just wants retribution for the Pan Am Lockerbie attack. … read more
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"The shock, the pain, the agonizing self-pity over the fact that he would never see her again, never hold her, never smell her, the list went on, and on, and on like some pounding surf that threatened…"-Vince Flynn, American Assassin (Mitch Rapp, #1)
2. Open
By: J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi
4.31
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever … read more
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- nonfiction
"Control what you can control."-J.R. Moehringer, Open
"We talk about things. We talk about nothing."-J.R. Moehringer, Open
"The most animated talks we have are about…things"-J.R. Moehringer, Open
"When they hand me the trophy I think about vomiting into it"-J.R. Moehringer, Open
3. The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
By: Douglas Brinkley
4.17
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
4. The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
By: Denise Kiernan
2.00
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
New York TimesBestseller "A soaring and gorgeous American story" (Karen Abbott) from the author of … read more
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- historical
- history
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5. The Fire Next Time
By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more
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- history
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6. Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
By: Gary Krist
4.38
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war… read more
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7. Kill Shot (Mitch Rapp, #2)
By: Vince Flynn
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
Rapp hunts terrorists responsible for Pan Am attack on 270 civilians. But on his next target, gunme… read more
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8. Dandelion Wine
By: Ray Bradbury
4.08
Format: 239 pages, Paperback
The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawn… read more
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"No,"-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
"and sleeping put an end to summer, 1928,"-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
"And the sea moved her back down the shore."-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
"Those women like to see their tongues dance."-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
9. Riña de gatos. Madrid 1936
By: Eduardo Mendoza
3.56
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Un ingles llamado Anthony Whitelands llega a bordo de un tren al Madrid convulso de la primavera de… read more
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10. Born to Run
By: Bruce Springsteen
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The e… read more
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11. The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more
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12. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By: Erik Larson
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more
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13. Smilla's Sense of Snow
By: Peter Høeg , Tiina Nunnally
4.21
Format: 391 pages, Paperback
She thinks more highly of snow and ice than she does of love. She lives in a world of numbers, scie… read more
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14. 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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- nonfiction
"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
15. The Dark Hours (Renée Ballard, #4; Harry Bosch, #23; Harry Bosch Universe, #36)
By: Michael Connelly
4.39
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike again on New Year’s Eve? LAPD Detective Renée Ba… read more
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16. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
17. Camino Winds (Camino Island, #2)
By: John Grisham
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happen—even a murder in the midst of a hurricane,… read more
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"Okay, I talked to my lieutenant and he said don’t touch the body. He’s trying to find our homicide guy."-John Grisham, Camino Winds (Camino Island, #2)
18. The Terminal List (Terminal List, #1)
By: Jack Carr
4.28
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the Ame… read more
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"Revisionist views of the Constitution by opportunistic politicians and unelected judges with agendas that reinterpret the Bill of Rights to take power away from the people and consolidate it at the f…"-Jack Carr, The Terminal List (Terminal List, #1)
19. True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
By: Jack Carr
4.34
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
In acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skil… read more
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"To those before us, to those amongst us, to those we'll see on the other side, Lord let me not prove unworthy of my brothers."-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon, and he made his web gear…"-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
20. The Maze (John Corey, #8)
By: Nelson DeMille
3.76
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille returns with a “genuinely thrilling” ( The New … read more
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21. The Shadows We Hide (Joe Talbert, #2)
By: Allen Eskens
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Journalist Joe Talbert investigates the murder of the father he never knew, and must reckon with hi… read more
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22. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
By: Anderson Cooper
3.82
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestsell… read more
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23. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
By: Bill O'Reilly
3.67
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more
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24. Beautiful Crescent: A History of New Orleans
By: Joan B. Garvey
3.52
Format: 249 pages, Paperback
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