The National Road
By: Tom Zoellner
3.73
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“How was it possible, I wondered, that all of this American land―in every direction―could be fasten…
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1. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
By: David Talbot
4.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
2. Travels with Charley: In Search of America
By: John Steinbeck
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
An intimate journey across and in search of America, as told by one of its most beloved writers, in… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
3. America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation
By: Kenneth C. Davis
3.66
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Timesbestseller Don't Know Much About History, … read more
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- nonfiction
- american
- history
4. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933
By: Anne Applebaum
3.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulagand the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtai… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. Back Of Beyond (A Highway Quartet Novel #1)
By: C.J. Box
4.20
Format: 240 pages,
Edgar(r) Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box delivers a thriller about a t… read more
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6. The Atomic City Girls: A Novel
By: Janet Beard
3.87
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figuresand The Wives of Los Alamos, comes a riveting novel o… read more
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7. Eastbound
By: Maylis de Kerangal
3.97
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
From Wellcome Prize winner Maylis de Kerangal comes a fast-paced story of two fugitives set on the … read more
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8. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. We Run the Tides
By: Vendela Vida
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An achingly beautiful story of female friendship, betrayal, and a mysterious disappearance set in t… read more
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"Lazlo's mom, Ágota, and my dad had a falling out over the kinds of things siblings usually have falling outs over: money and love. My father made money and Aunt Ágota lost money. Then there was disag…"-Vendela Vida, We Run the Tides
10. America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
By: Blythe Roberson
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read abou… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
"It sometimes feels like men feel the need to assert their dominance over nature. Rich white men, who have no problems, climb mountains to see what having problems feels like."-Blythe Roberson, America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
11. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
By: Kamala Harris
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
12. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
By: Steven Hyden
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album, Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more
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- history
- memoir
13. Ordinary Notes
By: Christina Sharpe
4.55
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Bla… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
- essays
14. You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
By: Paul Kix
4.55
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campa… read more
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- history
15. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
By: David Treuer
4.23
Format: 526 pages, Kindle Edition
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE A sweeping history—and counter-narr… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
16. Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
By: Alvin Hall
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America’s haunted racial past, with … read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
"The farther south they drove, the more limiting and repressive the rules became."-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
"Under Jim Crow, Black Codes harshly restricted what people of color could do, In much of the country, Black people were prevented from voting, serving on juries, running for office, or defending thei…"-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
"...Jim Crow was the American equivalent of South African apartheid and the racial laws passed in Germany under the Nazi regime of the 1930s. And these similarities are not merely coincidental. Histor…"-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
"When the laws changed, what do you suppose happened to the vehement and the violent? Do you believe their opinions of Black people changed? Do you think they decided they had been wrong and adjusted …"-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
17. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps
By: Jon Favreau
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From your friends at Pod Save America and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to sa… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
18. The National Road
By: Tom Zoellner
3.73
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“How was it possible, I wondered, that all of this American land―in every direction―could be fasten… read more
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- social science
- american
- history
- memoir
- americana
- travel
- nonfiction
- essays
- travelogue
19. The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness
By: David Roberts
3.95
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
A personal and historical exploration of the Bears Ears country and the fight to save a national mo… read more
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- history
20. American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People
By: Jared Yates Sexton
4.31
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes an eye-opening journey through American … read more
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- american
- history
