15 Top nonfiction books like Dry by Clare Liardet

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Dry

By: Clare Liardet

3.95

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

This book is full of the very best cocktails – the most delicious flavours, the most distinctive co…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Dry by Clare Liardet , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)

By: Elizabeth Wein

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Oct. 11th, 1943 - A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are … read more

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2. The False Prince (The Ascendance Trilogy #1)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of t… read more

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3. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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5. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Devil House

By: John Darnielle

3.22

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Gage Chandler is descended from kings. That's what his mother always told him. Now, he is a true… read more

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"The past is charming and safe when you're skittering around on its surface. It's a nice place to linger a moment before seeking the lower depths."

-John Darnielle, Devil House

"I remember before I finally fell asleep feeling like there wasn't all that much to say about my life. I'd had several satisfying relationships, they hadn't amounted to much. I'd gotten better at my w…"

-John Darnielle, Devil House

"What would my work be like if I had to keep returning to the same story every time, I wondered. If, instead of hunting down sad places where people's lives had been ruined, there was only the one pla…"

-John Darnielle, Devil House

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7. A Guest in the House

By: Emily Carroll

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more

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"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

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8. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

By: Cal Flyn

4.20

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more

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  • nonfiction
"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

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9. Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America

By: Michael Benson

3.97

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Goodreads Top Nonfiction of 2022 The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

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  • nonfiction
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

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11. Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

By: Erika Krouse

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir and part literary true crime, Tell Me Everything is the mesmerizing story of a landmark… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I felt a little bit like crying and instead ate more cheese."

-Erika Krouse, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

"Nothing's more comforting than the sound of rain when you're not in it."

-Erika Krouse, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

"When people are ashamed, they cover their faces. The face is where shame lives."

-Erika Krouse, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

"People always rely on the incompetent idiot defense—it doesn’t hurt them. Look at Iran-Contra. They named an airport after that guy."

-Erika Krouse, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

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12. No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

By: Kate Bowler

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) asks, how do … read more

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  • nonfiction
"We live and we are loved and we are gone."

-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

"Nothing will exempt me from the pain of being human."

-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

"People say carpe diem. I mean, yes, unless you need a nap."

-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

"I feel a spark of horror each time I remember it: we come undone."

-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

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13. Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember

By: Lauren Graham

3.66

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

Run time: 4 hours 23 minutes. Candid, insightful, and wildly entertaining essays about life, lov… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Do every job as if you’re being well paid."

-Lauren Graham, Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember

"When life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade, but you don't have to."

-Lauren Graham, Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember

"When does the mastery end? How many things do I need to be good at to feel good about myself? Could Dan Brown really teach me how to write a thriller as well as he does? Do I even want to try? Or has…"

-Lauren Graham, Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember

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14. Congratulations, the Best is Over!

By: R. Eric Thomas

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and … read more

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  • nonfiction
"If I'm not heading toward a place where I can feel joy, then hope in the present has nothing to hold on to."

-R. Eric Thomas, Congratulations, the Best is Over!

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15. The Midwest Survival Guide: How We Talk, Love, Work, Drink, and Eat . . . Everything with Ranch

By: Charlie Berens

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller A hilarious full-color guide to Midwestern culture, from comedian and jou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • reference
Cover of Meehan's Bartender Manual: [A Cocktail Reference and Recipe Book] by Jim  Meehan

16. Meehan's Bartender Manual: [A Cocktail Reference and Recipe Book]

By: Jim Meehan

4.51

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

“A knowledge-filled tome for true cocktail nerds or those aspiring to be” ( Esquire ), from one of … read more

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  • cocktails
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • food and drink
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17. A Career in Books: A Novel about Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun

By: Kate Gavino

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A Career in Books is a graphic novel for everyone who's wanted to work with books and had no idea w… read more

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18. Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (and Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer

By: Doree Shafrir

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An honest, witty, and insightful memoir about what happens when your coming-of-age comes later than… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Dry

By: Clare Liardet

3.95

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

This book is full of the very best cocktails – the most delicious flavours, the most distinctive co… read more

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  • cocktails
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • food and drink
Cover of Zero Proof: 90 Non-Alcoholic Recipes for Mindful Drinking by Elva Ramirez

20. Zero Proof: 90 Non-Alcoholic Recipes for Mindful Drinking

By: Elva Ramirez

3.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

90 spirit-free cocktail recipes from leading and lauded mixologists across the country More than 1… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food and drink

18 must-read nonfiction books like Meehan's Bartender Manual: [A Cocktail Reference and Recipe Book] by Jim Meehan

Transform Your Habits

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Liquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail

Dave Arnold

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails, with More than 500 Recipes

David Kaplan , Nick Fauchald , Alex Day

2.83

The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique

Martha Holmberg , Jeffrey Morgenthaler , Alanna Hale

3.77

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