The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist
By: Michelle Morgan
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
With an in-depth look at the two most empowering years in the life of Marilyn Monroe, The Girl deta…
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1. Blonde
By: Joyce Carol Oates , Claude Seban
4.08
Format: 348 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In her most ambitious work to date, Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic, and spir… read more
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2. My Story
By: Ben Hecht , Marilyn Monroe , Joshua Green , Joshua Greene
3.32
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Written at the height of her fame but not published until over a decade after her death, this autob… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
3. March: Book One (March, #1)
By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin
4.00
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movem… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
4. March: Book Two (March, #2)
By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin
4.48
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues! Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and on… read more
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5. The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)
By: Agatha Christie
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, has invited Hercule Poirot to her estate for a week… read more
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"I, Hercule Poirot, am not amused."-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)
"The past is sometimes a very good place to live"-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)
"Some people are wise - they never expect to be happy. I did."-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)
"What does one say to a woman who has just killed her husband?"-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)
6. Les Liaisons dangereuses
By: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos , Douglas Parmée
4.06
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of … read more
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"J'ai vécu"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust?"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
7. First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies
By: Kate Andersen Brower
3.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White Ho… read more
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8. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime
By: Casey Sherman
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
9. Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
By: Amanda Montell
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to describe an unplea… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
"Language pedantry is snobbery and snobbery is prejudice,"-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"One of the burdens of being a woman is the imperative to be nice."-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"Hitler wasn’t any less fascist because he could write a coherent sentence."-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"Anytime language reform happens, it has to happen in the context of social change,"-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
10. American Black Widow
By: Gregg Olsen
3.75
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
11. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
12. Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors
By: Tom Bower
3.86
Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition
The British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebra… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"Meghan, said Oprah, had been the target of ‘constant criticism [and] blatant sexist and racist remarks by British tabloids’. As she spoke, the screen was covered by a spread of apparently racist head…"-Tom Bower, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors
13. Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice
By: Tom Clavin
3.63
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
14. Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case
By: Charles Bosworth Jr.
4.30
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
The explosive, first-ever insider’s account of the case that’s captivated millions--the murder of B… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
15. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
By: Crystal Hefner
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- biography
- pop culture
16. Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America
By: Harry N. MacLean
3.71
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the m… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
17. The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey
By: Serena Burdick
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
What if you could write a new ending for yourself? England, 1898. When Evelyn first married the fa… read more
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18. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
By: Paul Holes
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
19. The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir
By: Tova Friedman
4.53
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A powerful memoir by one of the youngest ever survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
20. Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards, #1)
By: Janella Angeles
3.65
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In a city covered in ice and ruin, a group of magicians face off in a daring game of magical feats … read more
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"The fools thought they could treat her like a flower-take away her sunlight and water so she would shrivel up and die. But she was more the stubborn plant, the kind that thrived anywhere if that's wh…"-Janella Angeles, Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards, #1)
21. The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale
By: Virginia Kantra
3.73
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A woman learns to follow her own road in this heartwarming novel inspired by The Wizard of Oz by Ne… read more
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22. The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense
By: Edward White
3.90
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon—what define… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- pop culture
23. Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century
By: Dana Stevens
4.19
Format: 432 pages, ebook
Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, and NPR In this genre-defying work … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
24. Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided
By: Scott Eyman
4.12
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
The “shocking” (The Wall Street Journal), must-read story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
25. Hollywood Horrors: Murders, Scandals, and Cover-Ups from Tinseltown
By: Andrea Van Landingham
4.01
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
The name “Hollywood” conjures up fantastical images of bright lights, glamorous dreams, and impossi… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
26. Being Lolita: A Memoir
By: Alisson Wood
4.20
Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition
AS FEATURED IN THE HULU DOCUMENTARY KEEP THIS BETWEEN USA dark relationship evolves between a high … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- biography
"Yes, "Lolita" is beautiful. But yes, it's also terrible. We can hold both in our hands."-Alisson Wood, Being Lolita: A Memoir
"I wonder about things like fate, how sometimes things are just chosen for you, how women are chosen to endure suffering."-Alisson Wood, Being Lolita: A Memoir
"That moment in my body when the teacher put his hand on my knee to comfort me was the understanding of all of that--that in order to be attractive, irresistible, to be worthy of notice, was to be bot…"-Alisson Wood, Being Lolita: A Memoir
"He leaned down to my foot next to him and put his lips on my pink, swollen ankle. I felt his breath on my skin. And it was like every locked in the halls of my high school swung open at once, metal k…"-Alisson Wood, Being Lolita: A Memoir
27. A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind
By: Ann Wolbert Burgess
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A vivid behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit and the evolu… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
28. The Nature of Disappearing
By: Kimi Cunningham Grant
3.69
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this captivating novel of suspense, a wilderness guide must team up with the man who ruined her … read more
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"All of them skated through life making choices that could be swept away and tidied up with incomprehensible ease simply because of who they were."-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing
"This is the moment Emlyn will play over and over in her mind. The moment where her life swivels from its course and heads in an entirely different direction. Life is full of these moments. Little poi…"-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing
29. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
By: Maureen Callahan
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more
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- feminism
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
30. The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist
By: Michelle Morgan
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
With an in-depth look at the two most empowering years in the life of Marilyn Monroe, The Girl deta… read more
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- biography
- pop culture
- feminism
- nonfiction
31. Chasing Cosby: The Downfall of America's Dad
By: Nicole Weisensee Egan
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The definitive account of Bill Cosby's transition from revered father figure to convicted criminal,… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"NO one from Bill Cosby’s family was by his side in court [for the sentencing]. Not his children, not Camille. But Camille was still vocal and outraged. In fact, the week before, she had hand delivere…"-Nicole Weisensee Egan, Chasing Cosby: The Downfall of America's Dad
"Camille Cosby released a statement of her own. In it she lashed out at the media, at Steele, and at the entire prosecution team. She compared her husband’s case to that of Emmett Till, a fourteen-yea…"-Nicole Weisensee Egan, Chasing Cosby: The Downfall of America's Dad
