17 Top nonfiction books like The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs by Martin Mosebach

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The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs

By: Martin Mosebach

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Behind a gruesome ISIS beheading video lies the untold story of the men in orange and the faith com…

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1. City of God

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson

3.93

Format: 1186 pages, Paperback

No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

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2. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

By: Dan Jones

4.27

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Extravagance was a political necessity."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

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3. Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #3)

By: Anthony Trollope , Ruth Rendell

4.14

Format: 557 pages, Paperback

A recent cover reprint for this ISBN can be found here and an older one here. Son of a bankrupt … read more

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"Conduct! Is conduct everything? One may conduct oneself excellently, and yet break one's heart."

-Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #3)

"Mary, it must be remembered, was very nearly of the same age as Frank; but, as I and others have so often said before, 'Women grow on the sunny side of the wall."

-Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #3)

"Buying and selling is good and necessary; it is very necessary, and may, possibly, be very good; but it cannot be the noblest work of man; and let us hope that it may not in our time be esteemed the …"

-Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #3)

"Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can. They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for sh…"

-Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #3)

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4. A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World

By: Paul E. Miller

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Author Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of yo… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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5. The Great Divorce

By: C.S. Lewis

4.31

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more

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  • christian
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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

6. Where Love Is, There God Is Also

By: Leo Tolstoy

3.93

Format: 233 pages,

Written by one of the world's most famous and beloved storytellers, this attractively packaged book… read more

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  • christian
  • religion
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7. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion

8. On Pascha: With the Fragments of Melito and Other Material Related to the Quartodecimans

By: Melito of Sardis , Alistair Stewart-Sykes

3.36

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

The Quartodecimans were early Christians who kept a single feast of Pascha on the Passover, maintai… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
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9. The Orthodox Way

By: Kallistos Ware

3.20

Format: 168 pages,

This book is a general account of the doctrine, worship and life of Orthodox Christians by the auth… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
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10. Reflections on the Psalms

By: C.S. Lewis

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lewis writes here about the difficulties he has met or the joys he has gained in reading the Psalms… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
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11. 33 Days to Morning Glory

By: Michael E. Gaitley

4.60

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

From Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, author of the popular book "Consoling the Heart of Jesus," comes … read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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12. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper

By: Scott Hahn , Brant Pitre

4.60

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A revelatory exploration of the Jewish roots of the Last Supper that seeks to understand exactly wh… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"The whole context of Jesus' bread of life discourse is centered on the Jewish hopes for the coming of a new Moses and the return of the manna from heaven."

-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper

"People were not to consume blood because "the life" or "the soul" (Hebrew nephesh) of the animal is in the blood. As Leviticus states, "It is the blood that makes atonement, by the power of its life.…"

-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper

"Some ancient rabbis believed that the manna was protological--that it had existedsince the very dawn of creation. As such, the manna was the perfect food, untouched by the sin of humanity's first par…"

-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper

"For, as any ancient Jew would have known, the Passover sacrifice was not completed by the death of the lamb, but by eating its flesh. Five times the Bible states that they must "eat" the lamb; five t…"

-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper

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13. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

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14. On the Incarnation

By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more

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15. Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West

By: None

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new appraisal of the Old West and the America it made The open range cattle era las… read more

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16. Resilient Ministry: What Pastors Told Us about Surviving and Thriving

By: Bob Burns , None , None

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

What does it take to have fruitful ministry over the long haul? The stresses of pastoring are well … read more

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17. The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way

By: Anonymous , Walter J. Ciszek , Helen Bacovcin

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

This enduring work of Russian spirituality has charmed countless people with its tale of a nineteen… read more

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18. The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine

By: Eusebius , Andrew Louth , G.A. Williamson

3.89

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 3… read more

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19. The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died

By: Philip Jenkins

4.07

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking book, renowned religion scholar Philip Jenkins offers a lost history, reveal… read more

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20. Letters to the Church: A Survey of Hebrews and the General Epistles

By: Karen H. Jobes

3.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Respected New Testament scholar Karen Jobes explores the cultural and theological background of Heb… read more

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21. The Road to Wigan Pier

By: George Orwell , Richard Hoggart

3.92

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

In the 1930s, commissioned by a left-wing book club, Orwell went to the industrial areas of norther… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt."

-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

"...there is always a temptation to think that industrialism is harmless so long as it is clean and orderly."

-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

"According to Chesterton, tea-drinking’ is ‘pagan’, while beer-drinking is ‘Christian’, and coffee is ‘the puritan’s opium’."

-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

"It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realize what your own beliefs really are."

-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

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22. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

By: David McCullough

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

23. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock

24. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

By: Craig Whitlock

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"To reinforce the message, Obama administration officials touted statistics that distorted what was really happening on the ground. The Bush administration had done the same, but Obama staffers in the…"

-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

"Ryan Crocker, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul under both Bush and Obama, said the gusher of contracts to support U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan virtually guaranteed that extortion, …"

-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

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25. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: A Liturgy for Daily Worship from Advent to Epiphany

By: Jonathan Gibson

4.61

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

A 40-Day Devotional Liturgy for Advent, Christmas, and EpiphanyDuring Christmas, homes are filled w… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
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26. Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic

By: Peter Kreeft

4.11

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

My title explains itself. But it's misleading. There are more than 40 reasons. In fact, there ar… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
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27. A Silent Patriarch

By: Daniel Fanous

4.84

Format: 418 pages, Paperback

A Silent Patriarch: Kyrillos VI (1902–1971) is the first scholarly biography of the desert hermit w… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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"Whenever a president visits, my father [Nasser] farewells them at the guests' rooms door; but with Kyrillos, he farewells him at the car door and remains there standing until the car leaves."

-Daniel Fanous, A Silent Patriarch

"Kyrillos on one occasion casually approached the lions. Both he and the lions gently accepted the presence of the other. "Why be astonished?" the emperor is remembered as commenting to shocked onlook…"

-Daniel Fanous, A Silent Patriarch

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28. All Things New: Revelation as Canonical Capstone (Volume 48) (New Studies in Biblical Theology)

By: Brian J. Tabb

4.31

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

For many readers of the Bible, the book of Revelation is a riddle that fascinates and frustrates. S… read more

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29. The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs

By: Martin Mosebach

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Behind a gruesome ISIS beheading video lies the untold story of the men in orange and the faith com… read more

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  • africa
  • christian
  • islam
  • history
  • church history
  • christianity
  • travel
  • egypt
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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30. The Crucified Jesus

By: Fr Manasseh Youhanna

4.67

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

In the wilderness, when Moses the prophet observed the thorn bush unharmed by the flames of fire, h… read more

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  • christian
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31. Clash of Visions: Populism and Elitism in New Testament Theology (Reformed Exegetical Doctrinal Studies series)

By: Robert W. Yarbrough

4.14

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Each year thousands die for the Jesus they read about in the Bible. At the same time scholars world… read more

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8 Top history books like The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs by Martin Mosebach

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Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson

3.93

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Dan Jones

4.27

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Scott Hahn , Brant Pitre

4.60

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George Orwell , Richard Hoggart

3.92

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.30

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Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

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