The Patch
By: John McPhee
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An "album quilt," an artful assortment of nonfiction writings by John McPhee that have not previous…
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1. River-Horse
By: William Least Heat-Moon
3.88
Format: 144 pages,
On the Road Again There's no shortage of 20th-century literature about traveling across America in … read more
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2. On the Move: A Life
By: Oliver Sacks
4.02
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: “Sacks will … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- science
"In 1966, after arriving in New York, I read two of Luria's books, Higher Cortical Functions in Man and Human Brain and Psychological Processes. The latter, which contained very full case histories of…"-Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life
"Individuality is deeply imbued in us from the very start, at the neuronal level. Even at a motor level, researchers have shown, an infant does not follow a set pattern of learning to walk or how to r…"-Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life
3. How to Speak Midwestern
By: Edward McClelland
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Pittsburgh toilet, squeaky cheese, city chicken, shampoo banana, and Chevy in the Hole are all phra… read more
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4. The Imaginary Girlfriend
By: John Irving
3.85
Format: None pages,
Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriendis… read more
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5. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
6. Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.74
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a … read more
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"Step back and the world is a classroom if need be."-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
"Crooked world, straight world, same rules - everybody had a hand out for the envelope."-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
"He was a strange mix--congenial but reserved in a way that told you being friendly was an act of will."-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
"I'm an entrepreneur." "Entrepreneur?" Pepper said the last part like manure. "That's just a hustler who pays taxes."-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
7. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2019 PEN/EO Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing In Eager, environmental jour… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- nature
- science
"Pandemonium isn’t convenient, but often it’s more natural than stability."-Ben Goldfarb, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
8. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
By: Salman Rushdie
4.10
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply pers… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- essays
"Waiting is thinking, and to think deeply is, very often, to change one’s mind."-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
"I don’t usually think of my books as prophecies. I’ve had some trouble with prophets in my life, and I’m not applying for the job."-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
"To have a room of one’s own, one must have money. (I don’t think Virginia Woolf ever went to India, but her dictum stands, even there, even for men.)"-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
"An intimacy of strangers. That's a phrase I've sometimes used to express the joyful thing that happens in the act of reading, that happy union of the interior lives of author and reader."-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
9. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
By: Anne Bogel
4.02
Format: 156 pages, Hardcover
For so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time--it's a lifestyle. Our boo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
"Just as I’m all the ages I have been, I’m all the readers I have been."-Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
"For everyone who’s ever finished a book under the covers with a flashlight when they were supposed to be sleeping."-Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
"A good book, when we return to it, will always have something new to say. It's not the same book, and we're not the same reader"-Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
"With apologies to Kathleen Kelly, what I've come to learn is this: if my real life reminds me of something I read in a book , I'm reading well -- and I'm probably living well, too."-Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
10. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
By: Karen Swallow Prior
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press. … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"For Hardy and other critics of the evangelical movement, too often the desire for purity encouraged hypocrisy, earnest ideals became mere performance, and the valuation of hard work turned into pursu…"-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
"The novel [ Pamela ] is also a very powerful early expression of the modern self, one who sees her soul as equal in human worth and dignity to anyone, regardless of social class or power--and this, t…"-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
11. Indian Burial Ground
By: Nick Medina
3.63
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right an… read more
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- adult
"What happened in the cemetery causes us pain, not her. You understand that, don’t you?"-Nick Medina, Indian Burial Ground
12. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II
By: Alex Kershaw
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin
By: Steve Martin
3.83
Format: 3 pages, Audiobook
Steve Martin is more candid than he’s ever been about his creative life in this engrossing audio-bi… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
14. No Ordinary Assignment
By: Jane Ferguson
4.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"A haunting memoir of disarming honesty. . . a remarkable testament to the anguish and the beauty o… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
15. Freedom
By: Sebastian Junger
3.76
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the New York Times bestselling author of Tribe… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
"One of God’s greatest oversights is that dogs don’t live as long as man."-Sebastian Junger, Freedom
"Christianity is a high moral system based on the preaching of a destitute ascetic."-Sebastian Junger, Freedom
"In the long run, early failure is probably just as great a generator of freedom as early success."-Sebastian Junger, Freedom
"...scripture: a true and honest accounting of everything that underlies the frantic performance of life."-Sebastian Junger, Freedom
16. Riverman: An American Odyssey
By: Ben McGrath
3.74
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The true story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years… read more
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- american
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- nature
"No fleeting moment can bear the scrutiny that a lone voyager is able to give it."-Ben McGrath, Riverman: An American Odyssey
17. Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II
By: Adam Makos
4.53
Format: 395 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
18. The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
By: Leo Damrosch
3.92
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
The story of the group of extraordinary eighteenth-century writers, artists, and thinkers who gathe… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
19. The Blue Maiden
By: Anna Noyes
3.39
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Indie Next Pick and New York Times Editor’s Choice Goodnight, Beautiful Women co… read more
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20. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
By: Margalit Fox
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
21. The Patch
By: John McPhee
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An "album quilt," an artful assortment of nonfiction writings by John McPhee that have not previous… read more
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- american
- history
- biography
- memoir
- adult
- nonfiction
- essays
- sports
- nature
- science
