City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York
By: Mason B. Williams
3.69
Format: 522 pages, Paperback
“Fascinating…Williams tells the story of La Guardia and Roosevelt with insight and elegance." —Edwa…
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1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
By: David Sedaris
4.27
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
It's early autumn 1964. Two straight-A students head off to school, and when only one of them retur… read more
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2. Asterios Polyp
By: David Mazzucchelli
4.35
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
The triumphant return of one of comics' greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man's sea… read more
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3. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
By: Adam Hochschild
4.21
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more
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4. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
5. 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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"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
6. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
By: Liz Cheney
4.60
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more
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7. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
8. 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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"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
9. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
By: Ed Yong
4.47
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more
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"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
10. 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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11. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)
By: David McCloskey
4.30
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more
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12. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more
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"Misery is a money pit."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
13. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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14. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
15. Watergate: A New History
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.49
Format: 832 pages, Hardcover
From Garrett Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more
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16. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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17. Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
By: Sarah Schulman
4.52
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
Twenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show is the most comprehensive politica… read more
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18. Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
By: Adam Hochschild
4.21
Format: 485 pages, Kindle Edition
From the acclaimed, best-selling author Adam Hochschild, a sweeping history of the Spanish Civil Wa… read more
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19. Anita de Monte Laughs Last
By: Xóchitl González
3.82
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more
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"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
20. Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership (Justice, Power, and Politics)
By: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
By the late 1960s and early 1970s, reeling from a wave of urban uprisings, politicians finally work… read more
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21. City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York
By: Mason B. Williams
3.69
Format: 522 pages, Paperback
“Fascinating…Williams tells the story of La Guardia and Roosevelt with insight and elegance." —Edwa… read more
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