About Three Bricks Shy: And The Load Filled Up
By: Roy Blount Jr.
3.88
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
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1. Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Empirically proving that -- no matter where you are -- kids wanna rock, this is Chuck Klosterman's … read more
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"It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash and burn."-Chuck Klosterman, Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
"I sometimes wonder how many hours of my life I have wasted bitching about keyboards. The use of keyboards and synthesizers is the Roe v. Wade of '80s metal. It was-without question-the lamest instrum…"-Chuck Klosterman, Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
2. The Plot Against America
By: Philip Roth
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This may be alternative history, but it is chillingly and convincingly realistic in its portrayal. … read more
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3. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
By: Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry
4.06
Format: 687 pages, Paperback
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Deciding that his own life expectancy was directly proportional to his usefulness to Manson, Crockett made himself very useful, volunteering his truck to haul in supplies, and so forth."-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"Noting that it would be a long trial, with many witnesses, I recall the old Chinese proverb, "The palest ink is better than the best memory," urging the jury to take detailed notes to aid them in the…"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends to focus on the defense attorney and his client the accused, the prosecutor …"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"The next morning Shinn asked for a continuance. Being in a strange bed, and an even stranger place, he hadn't slept well the night before, and he didn't eel he could effectively defend his client. Th…"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
4. My Cross to Bear
By: Gregg Allman , Alan Light
3.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For the first time, rock music icon Gregg Allman, one of the founding members of The Allman Brother… read more
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5. Johnny Carson
By: Henry Bushkin
3.68
Format: 528 pages,
An endlessly dishy and incisive account of the King of Late Night at the height of his fame and pow… read more
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6. Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
By: Stephen Jay Gould , None
3.56
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigan… read more
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7. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By: Robert A. Caro
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more
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8. A Night to Remember
By: Walter Lord , Nathaniel Philbrick
3.67
Format: 208 pages,
The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic, in a 50th anniversary edition w… read more
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9. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
10. My Effin' Life
By: Geddy Lee
4.58
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more
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11. The Lost City of the Monkey God
By: Douglas Preston
3.93
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering jour… read more
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12. 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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- nonfiction
- history
"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
13. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more
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"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
14. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- nonfiction
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
15. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
By: David Maraniss
4.02
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the … read more
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16. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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17. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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18. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
By: Joanna Robinson
4.22
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more
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19. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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20. City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1)
By: Don Winslow
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy … read more
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21. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)
By: Don Winslow
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more
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22. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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23. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
By: Maggie Haberman
4.09
Format: 597 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidenc… read more
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"Trump is to business what professional wrestling is to sports: part of it, certainly, but also a cartoonish parody of it."-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
"[White House Chief of Staff and Four-Star General John] Kelly shared with [Mick} Mulvaney {who was appointed when Kelly resigned] his view that Trump was the most flawed person he had ever met."-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
24. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.47
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre,… read more
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"The things we do to stay close to the people we think will carry us through an entire lifetime..."-Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
25. Howard Stern Comes Again
By: Howard Stern
4.04
Format: 561 pages, Kindle Edition
Rock stars and rap gods. Comedy legends and A-list actors. Supermodels and centerfolds. Moguls and … read more
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26. The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History
By: Dana O'Neil
4.29
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, compulsively readable story of the greatest era of the most iconic league in colleg… read more
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27. The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire
By: John Eisenberg
4.16
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and bu… read more
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- sports
- history
- football
28. Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age
By: Debby Applegate
3.82
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who pla… read more
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- history
29. About Three Bricks Shy: And The Load Filled Up
By: Roy Blount Jr.
3.88
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Thirtieth Anniversary EditionAny number of writers could spend an entire season with an NFL team, f… read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- journalism
- football
- sports
30. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
By: Mick Herron
4.11
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more
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"It’s a phrase, black swan,"-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
"We don’t like being out of the loop."-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
31. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
By: Mick Herron
4.00
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agent… read more
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"Half of the future is buried in the past. That was the prevailing Service culture."-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
"This is how River Cartwright slipped off the fast track and joined the slow horses."-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
"Why am I telling you this?' 'So you'll have an excuse to kill me?' 'That's probably it."-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
"God,’ said Jackson Lamb. ‘Is it me, or did all the fun go out of everything round about 1979?"-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
