18 must-read nonfiction books like Magnificent Rebel: Nancy Cunard in Jazz Age Paris by Anne de Courcy

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Magnificent Rebel: Nancy Cunard in Jazz Age Paris

By: Anne de Courcy

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Anne de Courcy, the author of Husband Hunters and Chanel's Riviera , examines the controversial lif…

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1. What's a Ghoul to Do? (Ghost Hunter Mystery, #1)

By: Victoria Laurie

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

M. J. Holliday's a medium with a message--her business is helping lost souls cross over to the othe… read more

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2. Into the Beautiful North

By: Luis Alberto Urrea , None

3.31

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, w… read more

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3. Twilight Sleep

By: Edith Wharton , None , None

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

Out of print for several decades, here is Edith Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a… read more

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4. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."

-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

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5. Künstlers in Paradise

By: Cathleen Schine

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The beloved bestselling author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport—once dubbed “the modern-day Jewi… read more

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  • historical
"If not a lost art, then an art that often rushes away from contemporary writers with all the excited energy of a disobedient dog. At least, that dog runs off from me. The best I have been able to do …"

-Cathleen Schine, Künstlers in Paradise

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6. Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction

By: Lynne Olson

4.26

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against the international ca… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"He demonstrated a feminism very unusual for his time by encouraging her in all her undertakings and helping her overcome the obstacles that arose with her projects,"

-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction

"Above all, she talked about the great debt she owned her parents for encouraging her to do what she wanted and for providing her with unstinting support, not to mention stellar education, that enable…"

-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction

"My parents were humanists,“ Desroches later told an interviewer. “They taught me humanist values such as respect for one another, for your neighbors, for people in general, respect for civilizations.…"

-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction

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7. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

By: Michael Finkel

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."

-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

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8. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

By: Ned Blackhawk

4.18

Format: 596 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essentia… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

By: Edward Chisholm

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
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10. An American Beauty

By: Shana Abe

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This sweeping novel of historical fiction is inspired by the true rags-to-riches story of Arabella … read more

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  • historical
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11. Snow Road Station

By: Elizabeth Hay

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unreal… read more

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12. Steeped in Secrets (Crystals & CuriosiTEAS Mystery #1)

By: Lauren Elliott

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Flat broke and divorced, intuitive gemologist Shay Myers has changed since leaving her artsy hometo… read more

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13. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer

3.83

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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14. Starring Adele Astaire

By: Eliza Knight

4.00

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight returns with a story full of glitz and glam as she delves… read more

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  • historical
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15. 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
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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16. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

By: Anderson Cooper

3.77

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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17. Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)

By: Colleen Cambridge

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore thi… read more

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  • historical
"If I could fix an airplane engine, I could roast a chicken. It couldn't be that difficult, could it? Yes. Yes, it could."

-Colleen Cambridge, Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)

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18. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

By: Shawn Levy

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second … read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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19. George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle

By: Philip Norman

3.91

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the premiere Beatles biographer—author of the New York Times bestseller John The Life and the… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill by Stephen Greco

20. Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill

By: Stephen Greco

3.71

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

“Fans of Capote and the era of Camelot should be delighted.” —Shana Abé, New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • historical
Cover of Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession by Laurence Leamer

21. Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession

By: Laurence Leamer

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of Capote’s Women Laurence Leamer shares an engrossing account of the enigmatic … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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22. The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1)

By: Bruce Borgos

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling… read more

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23. The Paris Deception

By: Bryn Turnbull

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

From internationally bestselling author Bryn Turnbull comes a breathtaking novel about art theft an… read more

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  • historical
Cover of George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith

24. George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy

By: Sally Bedell Smith

4.28

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A revelatory account of how King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's loving marriage saved the monarchy… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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25. The Night Travelers

By: Armando Lucas Correa

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban… read more

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  • historical
Cover of Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson by Sally H. Jacobs

26. Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson

By: Sally H. Jacobs

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson first walked onto the diamond at Ebbets Field, the all-w… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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27. The Windsors at War: The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided

By: Alexander Larman

3.95

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to w… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941 by Susan Ronald

28. Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941

By: Susan Ronald

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Susan Ronald, acclaimed author of Hitler's Art Thief takes readers into the shadowy world of the ar… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II by Adrian Tinniswood

29. Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II

By: Adrian Tinniswood

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking tour of the English country home after World War II, when swinging London collided wit… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
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30. Magnificent Rebel: Nancy Cunard in Jazz Age Paris

By: Anne de Courcy

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Anne de Courcy, the author of Husband Hunters and Chanel's Riviera , examines the controversial lif… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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31. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

By: Olivia Williams

3.61

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

17 must-read history books like Magnificent Rebel: Nancy Cunard in Jazz Age Paris by Anne de Courcy

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction

Lynne Olson

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

Michael Finkel

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

Ned Blackhawk

4.18

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29 must-read history books like Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941 by Susan Ronald

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The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

Brad Meltzer

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice

Tom Clavin

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets

Burkhard Bilger

4.09

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