7 must-read biography books like Hoffa: The Real Story by James R. Hoffa

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Hoffa: The Real Story

By: James R. Hoffa

3.99

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

"I made two disastrous mistakes in my life," says Jimmy Hoffa in the opening pages of this book. "T…

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1. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)

By: Stieg Larsson , Reg Keeland

4.25

Format: 503 pages, Hardcover

The Expose Millenium publisher Mikael Blomkvist has made his reputation exposing corrupt establish… read more

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"Kalle Fucking Blomkvist"

-Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)

"Consider this a fair warning."

-Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)

"Harley-Davidson," she said. "Sweet."

-Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)

"Oh, come off it. That surly cunt is squirming like a snake."

-Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)

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2. Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

By: Lee Child

4.22

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night… read more

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"Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything."

-Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

"Slippery slope. I carry a spare shirt, pretty soon I'm carrying spare pants. Then I'd need a suitcase. Next thing I know, I've got a house and a car and a savings plan and I'm filling out all kinds o…"

-Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

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3. Gwendy's Button Box (The Button Box, #1)

By: Stephen King , Richard Chizmar

3.92

Format: 171 pages, Hardcover

The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over t… read more

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"I am what you might call a rambling man, and America is my beat."

-Stephen King, Gwendy's Button Box (The Button Box, #1)

"Los secretos son un problema, quizá el mayor problema de todos. Pesan sobre la conciencia y roban espacio al mundo."

-Stephen King, Gwendy's Button Box (The Button Box, #1)

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4. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

By: Sue Klebold

4.14

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Co… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"A faraway look—I have heard suicidologist Thomas Joiner refer to it as “the thousand-yard stare"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Indeed, I would not achieve the integration I sought until I found two nutrients essential to so many survivors. First, I found community and then I found a way to contribute."

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"People refer to the fog of war, and I am sure something similar applies to my situation. If I hadn't kept a running record of the days, weeks, and years, the fog would have swallowed too much of the …"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

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5. Because of Winn-Dixie

By: Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. … read more

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6. The Fountainhead

By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff

3.88

Format: 704 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking ph… read more

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"This is pity,"

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea."

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack"

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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7. Heaven's Prisoners (Dave Robicheaux, #2)

By: James Lee Burke

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

James Lee Burke's second Robicheaux novel takes the detective out of New Orleans and into the bayou… read more

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8. Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

By: David Baldacci

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

He did not force the door open. He was in no hurry. When Amos Decker returned home to find the b… read more

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"It would cut into him at unpredictable moments, like a gutting knife made of colored light."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

"Dark, cool, musty, smoky, where light fell funny and everyone looked like someone you knew or wanted to know. Or, more likely, wanted to forget."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

"But then he put aside the awkward encounter, which his mind allowed him to do quite easily. He could compartmentalize at an astonishing level. It came from not giving a shit."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

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9. The Postman Always Rings Twice

By: James M. Cain

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Cain's first novel - the subject of an obscenity trial in Boston and the inspiration for Camus's Th… read more

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10. The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.36

Format: 542 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Savages (now an Oliver Stone film). This novel of the drug trade… read more

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"They got the absolute freedom to choose what we want them to."

-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

"Adán fell asleep to these stories and slept like the dead until the sun struck him in the eyes and the whole long, wonderful summer day started again with the smell of fresh tortillas, manchaca, chor…"

-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

"All this and the wine's coming in and out, and by the time the waiters set the espressos down Callan’s about half in the bag. He watches Calabrese take a long sip from an espresso cup. Then the boss …"

-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

"All this and the wines coming in and out, and by the time the waiters set the espressos down Callan’s about half in the bag. He watches Calabrese take a long sip from an espresso cup. Then the boss s…"

-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

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11. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa

By: Charles Brandt

4.12

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint hou… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

12. Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs

By: John Bloom , Jim Atkinson

4.34

Format: 168 pages,

Edgar Award Finalist: The "sensational" true story of two desperate housewives and the killing that… read more

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Cover of Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath by Bill Browder

13. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

By: Bill Browder

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browd… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25) by Lee Child

14. The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25)

By: Lee Child

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

As always, Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. One m… read more

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"Only a fool would be dishonest about that could be disproved in a matter of seconds."

-Lee Child, The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25)

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15. Tell Her Story

By: Margot Hunt

3.60

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

2 hours, 52 minutes From the author of Buried Deep and The House on the Water comes a shocking … read more

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16. The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas

By: Clint Richmond

3.95

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Roger and Penny Scaggs seemed a poster couple for family values. Evangelical Christians living in b… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Night Fire (Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #33) by Michael    Connelly

17. The Night Fire (Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #33)

By: Michael Connelly

4.28

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed B… read more

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18. Sonny: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzese

By: S.J. Peddie

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Couldn’t put it down.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy (Goodfellas) and CasinoThe extraordina… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth by Jack Goldsmith

19. In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth

By: Jack Goldsmith

4.14

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

"In Hoffa’s Shadow is compulsively readable, deeply affecting, and truly groundbreaking in its re-e… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
Cover of Hoffa: The Real Story by James R. Hoffa

20. Hoffa: The Real Story

By: James R. Hoffa

3.99

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

"I made two disastrous mistakes in my life," says Jimmy Hoffa in the opening pages of this book. "T… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir

5 must-read history books like Hoffa: The Real Story by James R. Hoffa

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Charles Brandt

4.12

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Bill Browder

4.34

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Sonny: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzese

S.J. Peddie

4.19

Transform Your Habits

In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth

Jack Goldsmith

4.14

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Michael Connelly

3.63

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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

4.37

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Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)

Marcia Muller

3.57

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

Erik Larson

4.24

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