9 must-read nonfiction books like The Sun Tyrant: A Nightmare Called North Korea by J.P. Floru

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The Sun Tyrant: A Nightmare Called North Korea

By: J.P. Floru

3.52

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

When Londoner JP Floru tags along with three friends running the marathon in Pyongyang, little coul…

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Cover of Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19) by Agatha Christie

1. Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages,

Among the towering red cliffs of Petra sits the corpse of Mrs Boynton, a tiny puncture mark on her … read more

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2. Endless Night

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

Strapped by a chauffeur's wages, Michael Rogers' want of a better life seems out of reach. Especial… read more

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3. John Lennon, My Brother

By: Geoffrey Giuliano , Julia Baird

4.12

Format: None pages,

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  • nonfiction
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4. The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss In the 1980… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #11)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out! When Miss Marple comes up … read more

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6. Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #24)

By: Agatha Christie

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Amyas Crale, un peintre celebre, a ete assassine, et sa femme, condamnee pour ce meurtre. Seize ans… read more

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7. One Summer: America, 1927

By: Bill Bryson

4.09

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

In One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports read… read more

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"It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous."

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

"He [Henry Ford] seldom let facts or logic challenge the certainty of his instincts"

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

"The romance of travel wasn't always terribly evident to those who were actually experiencing it."

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

"Even with the benefit of steroids most modern players still couldn't hit as many home runs as Babe Ruth hit on hotdogs."

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

8. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

By: Lisa See

4.42

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual … read more

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9. The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

By: Jennifer Worth

3.78

Format: 472 pages,

An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one ex… read more

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10. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more

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  • nonfiction
"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

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11. White Fang

By: Jack London , K.A. Applegate

4.02

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

White Fang is part dog and part wolf, and the lone survivor of his family. In his lonely world, he … read more

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"He was a silent fury who no torment could tame."

-Jack London, White Fang

"Các sự vật không phải bao giờ cũng đúng như vẻ bề ngoài."

-Jack London, White Fang

"Dark spruce frowned on either side of the frozen waterway."

-Jack London, White Fang

"Got to take a gamble. The only way to find out is to find out."

-Jack London, White Fang

Cover of Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) by James Clavell

12. Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

By: James Clavell

4.41

Format: 1152 pages, Paperback

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and e… read more

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"I can't use hope against swords."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"What is pain to a man? A privilege!"

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now ."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Horses are far worse than men for treachery..."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

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13. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelv… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

14. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

4.54

Format: 535 pages, Hardcover

The highly anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, b… read more

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"The truth was, Librium and Valium were marketed using such a variety of gendered mid-century tropes—the neurotic singleton, the frazzled housewife, the joyless career woman, the menopausal shrew—that…"

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

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15. Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

By: Shaun Bythell

3.48

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A cantankerously funny view of books and the people who love them. It does take all kinds and throu… read more

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"It should go without saying that anyone who introduces themselves as 'a bit weird' is almost certainly not."

-Shaun Bythell, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

"This group derives an alternate sort of gratification from the fact that their niche obsession somehow differentiates them from other people, mistakenly assuming that it makes them more interesting."

-Shaun Bythell, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

"It's not as though there is anything wrong with being American, although perhaps in a land of immigrants the only way to differentiate yourself is to cling onto a piece of the land you left, even if …"

-Shaun Bythell, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

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16. Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

By: Gregory Boyle

4.57

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In a moving example of unconditional love in dif­ficult times, the Jesuit priest and bestselling au… read more

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"What if we ceased to pledge our allegiance to the bottom line and stood, instead, with those who line the bottom?"

-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

"Moral outrage is the opposite of God; it only divides and separates what God wants for us, which is to be united in kinship. Moral outrage doesn't lead us to solutions - it keeps us from them. It kee…"

-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

"But I know, with all the certainty of my being, that Jesus has no interest in my doing this. To just say, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, I'm your biggest fan," causes him to stare at his watch, tap his feet, …"

-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

"[...] But then he adds quickly, "You know what I do when I'm low on faith?" I shake my head and lean in. My faith's gas tank has been known to hover at "E", so I wanted to know. "I stand right here a…"

-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

Cover of The Sun Tyrant: A Nightmare Called North Korea by J.P. Floru

17. The Sun Tyrant: A Nightmare Called North Korea

By: J.P. Floru

3.52

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

When Londoner JP Floru tags along with three friends running the marathon in Pyongyang, little coul… read more

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8 Best fiction books like Endless Night by Agatha Christie

Transform Your Habits

Unfinished Portrait

Agatha Christie , Mary Westmacott

3.76

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Endless Night

Agatha Christie

3.98

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The Unexpected Guest

Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne

3.95

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Spider's Web

Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne

3.92

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