The Donnellys: Powder Keg, 1840–1880 (The Comprehensive Donnellys)
By: John Little
4.08
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A violent family living in violent times. In the 1840s, the Donnelly family immigrates from Ireland…
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1. Gwendy's Button Box (The Button Box, #1)
By: Stephen King , Richard Chizmar
3.92
Format: 171 pages, Hardcover
The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over t… read more
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"I am what you might call a rambling man, and America is my beat."-Stephen King, Gwendy's Button Box (The Button Box, #1)
"Los secretos son un problema, quizá el mayor problema de todos. Pesan sobre la conciencia y roban espacio al mundo."-Stephen King, Gwendy's Button Box (The Button Box, #1)
2. You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases (Crime Files, # 2)
By: Julie Rubenstein , Ann Rule
3.63
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
In "You Belong to Me, " Rule fixes her unsparing professional gaze on one of Florida's most shockin… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- true crime
3. Black House (The Talisman, #2)
By: Stephen King , Peter Straub
3.93
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called The Territories t… read more
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4. Murder City: The Untold Story of Canada's Serial Killer Capital, 1959-1984
By: Michael Arntfield
4.23
Format: 128 pages,
Like the mythic cities of Gotham or Gomorrah, London, Ontario was for many years an unrivalled bree… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- true crime
5. Blockade Billy
By: Stephen King
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely.… read more
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6. The Regulators
By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman
3.72
Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback
There's a place in Wentworth, Ohio, where summer is in full swing. It's called Poplar Street. Up un… read more
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"Brad looked at his wife with that expression of love that is the sole property of people who have been married over ten years."-Stephen King, The Regulators
7. Indian Horse
By: Richard Wagamese
4.42
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he’s a reluctant reside… read more
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"I discovered that being someone you are not is often easier than living with the person you are."-Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse
"We need mystery. Creator in her wisdom knew this. Mystery fills us with awe and wonder. They are the foundations of humility, and humility is the foundation of all learning. So we do not seek to unra…"-Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse
"Benjamin and I sat in the middle of one of the large canoes with our grandmother in the stern, directing us past shoals and through rapids and into magnificent stretches of water. One day the clouds …"-Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse
"We were hockey gypsies, heading down another gravel road every weekend, plowing into the heart of that magnificent northern landscape. We never gave a thought to being deprived as we travelled, to be…"-Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse
8. Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
By: Charles R. Cross
4.17
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still… read more
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"One of these days, I'm going to astral project myself up into the skies," he boasted. "I'll be going to the stars and the moon. I want to fly and see what's up there. "I want to go up to the sky," he…"-Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
"They drove to the parking lot of Garfield High School, where Jimi pointed to the windows on the building and told Carmen what classes were held there. The building had a pull that had him returning w…"-Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
9. Joyland
By: Stephen King
3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
College student Devin Jones took the summer job at Joyland hoping to forget the girl who broke his … read more
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10. The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
By: Justin Cronin
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constr… read more
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11. A Dark Matter
By: Peter Straub
4.57
Format: 102 pages, Hardcover
The incomparable master of horror and suspense returns with a powerful, brilliantly terrifying nove… read more
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12. Lisey's Story
By: Stephen King
3.96
Format: None pages,
Lisey Landon lost her husband Scott two years ago, after a twenty-five-year marriage of profound, s… read more
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13. Haven
By: Emma Donoghue
3.42
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the s… read more
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"Fog makes an island of every man."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"Cormac’s distracted by a slopping sound under the slats. He keeps talking to soothe his nerves. ‘Here’s a saying I’ve heard but don’t understand: Never turn your back on the ocean.’ ‘Even on a calm d…"-Emma Donoghue, Haven
14. The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)
By: Chris Hadfield
3.92
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An exceptional debut thriller and “exciting journey” into the dark heart of the Cold War and the sp… read more
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15. Out There Screaming
By: Jordan Peele
3.79
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, c… read more
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"Jesus better keep his little bitch mouth shut"-Jordan Peele, Out There Screaming
16. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
By: Eva Jurczyk
3.23
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
What holds more secrets in the library: the ancient books shelved in the stacks or the people who p… read more
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17. Will
By: Will Smith
4.26
Format: 418 pages, Hardcover
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller! “It's the best memoir I've ever read.” —Oprah Winfrey … read more
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- nonfiction
"No paralysis, do analysis. No paralysis, do analysis!"-Will Smith, Will
"...either "know what you're talking about or be quiet". (Will's mom)"-Will Smith, Will
"Learning is really easy when you can feel that your teachers love you."-Will Smith, Will
"The slamming of her bedroom door functioned as a disastrous exclamation point."-Will Smith, Will
18. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World
By: Gregg Olsen
3.55
Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition
From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- true crime
19. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
By: Bob Joseph
4.57
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
20. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
By: Rosemary Sullivan
3.83
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept... Using new technology, recently discovered doc… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- true crime
"The fact that Otto survived the horror of the concentration camps demonstrated his profound will to live."-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
"Fascism counts on people's credulity, on their craving to believe, on their fear that there is nothing to believe."-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
"While someone with the first person knowledge is still alive, while records are still available, while relatives of witnesses can come forward, the stories must be told."-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
"The Netherlands in 1940 was like a petri dish in which one can examine how people brought up in freedom react to catastrophe when it is brought to their door: It is a questions still worth asking tod…"-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
21. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
22. The Sleeping Car Porter
By: Suzette Mayr
3.46
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more
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"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
23. 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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- nonfiction
- biography memoir
24. Bad Cree
By: Jessica Johns
3.92
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more
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"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree
25. Denison Avenue
By: Christina Wong
4.17
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more
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26. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
By: John E. Douglas
4.15
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
"I miss my dog,"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
27. Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player
By: Fred Sasakamoose
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Fred Sasakamoose played in the NHL before First Nations people had the right to… read more
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- nonfiction
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28. The Missing Millionaire: The True Story of Ambrose Small and the City Obsessed With Finding Him
By: Katie Daubs
3.51
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In December 1919, Ambrose Small, the mercurial owner of the Grand Opera House in Toronto, closed a … read more
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29. Murder, Madness and Mayhem: Twenty-Five Tales of True Crime and Dark History
By: Mike Browne
3.75
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
Mike Browne, host of the popular Canadian podcast Dark Poutine, chronicles some of his all-time fav… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
30. The Castleton Massacre: Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide
By: Sharon Anne Cook
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 • BRASS KNUCKLES AWARD FOR BEST NONFICTION CRIME BOOK 2… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
31. The Donnellys: Powder Keg, 1840–1880 (The Comprehensive Donnellys)
By: John Little
4.08
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A violent family living in violent times. In the 1840s, the Donnelly family immigrates from Ireland… read more
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- true crime
- biography memoir
