16 Top nonfiction books like The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior by Robert Silbernagel

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The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior

By: Robert Silbernagel

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Great Lakes fur trade spanned two centuries and thousands of miles, but the story of one partic…

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1. Song of Solomon

By: Toni Morrison

4.14

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain… read more

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"Her passions were narrow but deep."

-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

"He can't value you more than you value yourself."

-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."

-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

"You got a life? Live it! Live the motherfuckin' life!"

-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

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2. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

By: Jenny Lawson

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED, Jenny Lawson baffled readers with stories about growing up th… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wife (Kristin Lavransdatter, #2) by Tiina Nunnally, Sigrid Undset, Sherrill Harbison

3. The Wife (Kristin Lavransdatter, #2)

By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset , Sherrill Harbison

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

Original 3 Volumes: Kransen ('20), Husfrue ('21) & Korset ('22). In Kristin Lavransdatter(1920-22),… read more

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4. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Giants in the Earth

By: O.E. Rølvaag

4.00

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Giants in the Earth(Norwegian: Verdens Grode) is a novel by Norwegian-American author Ole Edvart Ro… read more

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6. The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)

By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Originally published in Norwegian in 1920 and set in fourteenth-century Norway, The Wreath chronicl… read more

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7. Alice in Wonderland

By: Walt Disney Company

4.00

Format: 176 pages,

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8. Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5)

By: Lee Child

3.50

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

Jack Reacher returns in Lee Child's new "rip-roaring thriller" ("Denver Rocky Mountain News"). This… read more

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9. The Survival of the Bark Canoe

By: John McPhee

5.00

Format: 87 pages,

In Greenville, New Hampshire, a small town in the southern part of the state, Henri Vaillancourt ma… read more

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10. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

By: Jenny Lawson

4.00

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris--Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her lit… read more

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11. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american 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

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13. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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14. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

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"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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15. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

By: David McCullough

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
Cover of Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

16. 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
Cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

17. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

18. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

By: Tiya Miles

3.95

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

In a display case in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture sits… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
"Though necessary to the work of uncovering the past, archives are nevertheless limited and misleading storehouses of information. While at times imposing and formal enough as to seem all-encompassing…"

-Tiya Miles, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

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19. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

By: Nghi Vo

4.18

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ach… read more

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"Oh yes. Some people are just more . . . edible than others if you are a tiger."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"She killed, for she was angry, and she did not eat what she killed, for she was heartsick."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"Your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"Now your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

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20. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

By: Nghi Vo

3.95

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of… read more

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"Angry mothers raise daughters fierce enough to fight wolves."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"[,,,] if you want to understand people who have gone, that's what you look at, isn't it? Their offal. Their leavings."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"The abbey at Singing Hills would say that if a record cannot be perfect, it should at least be present. Better for it to exist than for it to be perfect and only in your mind."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"... He was unimportant, the least of In-yo's spies and couriers, but—" Almost Brilliant fluttered her wings in the dying light. "I understand. I will remember Sukai for you, and so will my children a…"

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

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21. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

By: Kirk Wallace Johnson

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twen… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
Cover of Righteous Prey (Lucas Davenport #32, Virgil Flowers #14) by John Sandford

23. Righteous Prey (Lucas Davenport #32, Virgil Flowers #14)

By: John Sandford

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are up against a powerful vigilante group with an eye on vengea… read more

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Cover of When the White Pine Was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in Wisconsin by Jerry Apps

24. When the White Pine Was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in Wisconsin

By: Jerry Apps

3.97

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“From the ring of the ax in the woods, to the scream of the saw blade in the mill, to the founding … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. Outlawed

By: Anna North

3.51

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life… read more

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"Knowledge can be very valuable, but only if people want it. If they don't, it can be worse than useless."

-Anna North, Outlawed

"Everybody cheers the hanging of a witch," I said. Agnes Rose looked at her dainty watch. "Everybody but us," she said, and she took the matches from me and set one of the ledgers alight."

-Anna North, Outlawed

"Mama says at every birth, death is in the room. You can try to ignore it, or you can acknowledge it, and greet it like a guest, and then you won't be so afraid anymore." Bee looked skeptical. "How do…"

-Anna North, Outlawed

Cover of Broken (In the Best Possible Way) by Jenny  Lawson

26. Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

By: Jenny Lawson

4.03

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happe… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Only monsters call when they could text."

-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

"Nothing lasts forever. The good and the bad."

-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

"My doctor nodded. “I think you’ll be fine no matter what,"

-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

"I’m not sure what the difference is between sleeping and time travel."

-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

Cover of How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (The Thorne Chronicles #1) by K. Eason

27. How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (The Thorne Chronicles #1)

By: K. Eason

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Rory Thorne è una principessa, e nel giorno del suo battesimo ha ricevuto tredici doni dalle fate. … read more

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"They were the best at following orders: told to hold the corridor, they would do so or die trying. But they also possessed the same mental acuity and flexibility as a bag of wet mice. Some days, the …"

-K. Eason, How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (The Thorne Chronicles #1)

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28. Walking the Old Road: A People's History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe

By: Staci Lola Drouillard

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The story of a once vibrant, now vanished off-reservation Ojibwe village—and a vital chapter of the… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior by Robert Silbernagel

29. The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior

By: Robert Silbernagel

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Great Lakes fur trade spanned two centuries and thousands of miles, but the story of one partic… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
Cover of How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge (The Thorne Chronicles, #2) by K. Eason

30. How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge (The Thorne Chronicles, #2)

By: K. Eason

3.60

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

Rory Thorne must use the fairy blessings gifted to her to change the multiverse in the second book … read more

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31. History of the Ojibway People

By: William W. Warren

4.08

Format: 423 pages, Paperback

During the early period of white settlement, William Warren-the son of a white man and an Ojibway w… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

13 Best history books like The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior by Robert Silbernagel

Transform Your Habits

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

Seanan McGuire

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

Malka Ann Older

3.64

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Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

4.00

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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