17 best-selling politics books like Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 by Wayne Barrett

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Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11

By: Wayne Barrett

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Rudy Giuliani emerged from the smoke of 9/11 as the unquestioned hero of the America's Mayor, the …

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1. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

By: Michael Lewis

4.30

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Time is a variable continuum."

-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

"It is ludicrous to believe that asset bubbles can only be recognized in hindsight,"

-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

"Long Beach Savings was the first existing bank to adopt what was called the “originate and sell"

-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

"When you’re a conservative Republican, you never think people are making money by ripping other people off,"

-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

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2. Palisades Park

By: Alan Brennert

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Growing up in the 1930s, there is no more magical place than Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey… read more

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3. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists

By: Anthony M. Amore , Tom Mashberg

4.10

Format: 224 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. 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

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6. 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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  • politics
  • 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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7. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

By: Claire Dederer

3.79

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."

-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

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

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

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

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

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

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

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

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

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

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9. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

By: Liz Cheney

4.60

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

By: Alice Wong

4.47

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, oth… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Just knowing your rights (or your worth or value) will never be enough if you are powerless to force someone else to respect them."

-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

"The peculiar drama of my life has placed me in a world that by and large thinks it would be better if people like me did not exist. My fight has been for accommodation, the world to me and me to the …"

-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

"Advocacy is for all of us; advocacy is a way of life. It is a natural response to the injustice and inequality in the world. While you and I may not have sole responsibility for these inequities, tha…"

-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

"He understood that each individual group’s liberation was inextricably linked to the other—that justice and liberation could only be had if we all stand together and fight for the rights and libertie…"

-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

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11. Sandy Hook

By: Elizabeth Williamson

4.29

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

Based on hundreds of hours of research, interviews, and access to exclusive sources and materials, … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

By: Ronan Farrow

4.40

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered abou… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"All the women before feel I am their fault," she said. "And if there were women after me, I feel that is my fault."

-Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

"Trying to get ahold of Davis later on, i asked Jonathan, "Who would have Lanny Davis's number?" He replied, I don't know, Pol Pot?"

-Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Cover of The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend by Rob Copeland

13. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend

By: Rob Copeland

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. Enough

By: Cassidy Hutchinson

4.31

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American h… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America

By: Keisha N. Blain

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Explores the Black activist's ideas and political strategies highlighting their relevance for tackl… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America

By: Audrey Clare Farley

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Hidden Valley Road and Patient H.M., an "intimate and compassionate portrait" (Grace… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion

By: Eliot Brown

4.27

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The definitive inside story of WeWork, its audacious founder, and what the company's epic unravelin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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19. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

By: Donovan X. Ramsey

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

By: Séamas O'Reilly

4.13

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

A heart-warming and hilarious family memoir of growing up as one of eleven children raised by a sin… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Ann was as steady as rain and implacable as taxes. The kind of strong rooted Donegal woman you could imagine blithely tutting if her hair caught fire."

-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

"It was this story, delivered in Robert's signature south Derry monotone, that had my dad in literal and figurative stitches in the amputation ward. Despite being a Catholic who loved and admired Pope…"

-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

"It seems blasphemous that my mother's death even existed in the same reality as those moments that subsequently came to define my youth; taking the long way home from Nixon's Corner so I could listen…"

-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

Cover of Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass by Ramin Setoodeh

21. Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass

By: Ramin Setoodeh

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the editor in chief of Variety and author of the New York Times bestseller Ladies Who Punch, t… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow

22. Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House

By: Rachel Maddow

4.32

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House: the wild crimes, audacious c… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Agnew was like Nixon's id -- without the burden of much actual knowledge or curiosity or responsibility to the country at large."

-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House

"I had turned over a log and exposed to the light a scurrying colony of unpleasant creatures whose only reaction was one of annoyance that I had been so crass as to disturb their settled way of life. …"

-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House

"It is a rare man or woman who is ever really changed by ascension to high office, or tempered by the solemnity of the oaths they have sworn or by the national duties they have shouldered. And Spiro A…"

-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House

Cover of Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System by Ryan J. Reilly

23. Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System

By: Ryan J. Reilly

3.95

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

The January 6th attack is an unprecedented crime in American history. Sprawling and openly politica… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist by Anthony M. Amore

24. The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist

By: Anthony M. Amore

3.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary life and crimes of heiress-turned-revolutionary Rose Dugdale, who in 1974 became … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) by Richard Osman

25. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

By: Richard Osman

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more

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26. Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11

By: Wayne Barrett

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Rudy Giuliani emerged from the smoke of 9/11 as the unquestioned hero of the America's Mayor, the … read more

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27. Madoff: The Final Word

By: Richard Behar

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen years after Bernie Madoff’s arrest, renowned investigative journalist Richard Behar deliver… read more

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  • history

22 best-selling history books like Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 by Wayne Barrett

Transform Your Habits

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Michael Lewis

4.30

Transform Your Habits

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists

Anthony M. Amore , Tom Mashberg

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

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13 Top history books like Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists by Anthony M. Amore, Tom Mashberg

Transform Your Habits

The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece

Edward Dolnick

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures

Philip Mould

3.75

The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century

Edward Dolnick

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists

Anthony M. Amore , Tom Mashberg

4.10

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