Second Best Thing: Marilyn, JFK, and a Night to Remember
By: James L. Swanson
3.34
Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition
President John F. Kennedy. Marilyn Monroe. A probing nonfiction short story that reconstructs an en…
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1. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau
By: Susan J. Eischeid
4.21
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more
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2. The Mosquito
By: B.A. Paris
3.63
Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition
After his marriage fails, he hopes a vacation in France will relax and restore him. But fate has so… read more
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3. We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder
By: M. William Phelps
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author, television personality, and host of the #1 podcast "Paper Ghosts… read more
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4. Doctor Ice Pick
By: Claire Prentice
3.77
Format: 85 pages, Kindle Edition
A haunting and true short story of the lobotomist who cut a brutal swathe through the lives of thou… read more
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5. Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)
By: Guillermo del Toro
3.56
Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition
A group of mercenaries on an unsanctioned mission survives a plane crash in whiteout conditions in … read more
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6. The Wedding Setup: A Short Story
By: Sonali Dev
3.78
Format: 67 pages, Kindle Edition
From USA Today bestselling author Sonali Dev comes a heartfelt short story about one woman’s journe… read more
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7. The Sleep Tight Motel
By: Lisa Unger
3.73
Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition
A woman on the run finds refuge in a motel at the edge of the woods, with plenty of vacancies. Chec… read more
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8. There's a Bear in the House!
By: Walter Kirn
3.85
Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times bestselling author of Up in the Air comes a short and heartwarming true sto… read more
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9. Themes and Variations
By: David Sedaris
4.21
Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition
In this Kindle-exclusive essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rew… read more
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10. The Button (Missing collection)
By: Wednesday Martin
3.60
Format: 46 pages, Kindle Edition
Press here for pleasure. Only Wednesday Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Primates of Pa… read more
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11. The Mother
By: Valerie Keogh
4.29
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
Preorder the BRAND NEW psychological thriller from the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of The Nurse A… read more
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12. Enemy of the People: The Untold Story of the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler
By: Terrence Petty
3.75
Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition
A stirring true story of the journalists who dared to oppose Hitler—and the campaign waged against … read more
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13. The Stones, the Crows, the Grass, the Moon (Missing collection)
By: Walter Kirn
3.48
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
The New York Times bestselling author of Up in the Air and Blood Will Out embarks on a journey that… read more
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14. The Woman in the Strongbox
By: Maureen O'Hagan
3.65
Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition
In this tantalizing true mystery of a stolen life, an acclaimed reporter and an identity theft inve… read more
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15. The Influencer: A Short Story
By: Joyce Maynard
3.12
Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition
Insta-fame has deadly repercussions in a timely short story of dark psychological suspense by New Y… read more
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16. Siege (The Boy in the Iron Box, #5)
By: Guillermo del Toro
4.07
Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition
The mercenaries set an explosive scheme in motion to blow this bad dream to smithereens. But in par… read more
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17. Risen (The Boy in the Iron Box, #4)
By: Guillermo del Toro
4.02
Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition
What has been awakened is unbound. The Boy is getting his first taste of freedom. As their comrades… read more
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18. The Hunted (The Boy in the Iron Box, #3)
By: Guillermo del Toro
4.08
Format: 20 pages, Kindle Edition
Their radio is sabotaged. The wolves are gathering outside. And for the increasingly desperate merc… read more
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19. The Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2)
By: Guillermo del Toro
4.03
Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition
On an isolated mountain, a stone labyrinth provides rough shelter for a band of mercenaries. At its… read more
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20. Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box, #6)
By: Guillermo del Toro
4.06
Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition
Dawn breaks, but the nightmare only intensifies in the shocking finale of The Boy in the Iron Box. … read more
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21. Marilyn Monroe: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Actors)
By: Hourly History
3.95
Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition
Marilyn Monroe* * *Download for FREE on Kindle Unlimited + Free BONUS Inside!* * * Read On Your Com… read more
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22. Second Best Thing: Marilyn, JFK, and a Night to Remember
By: James L. Swanson
3.34
Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition
President John F. Kennedy. Marilyn Monroe. A probing nonfiction short story that reconstructs an en… read more
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23. When We Were Friends: A Short Story
By: Jane Green
3.55
Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition
From New York Times bestselling author Jane Green comes a riveting story about a friendship that tu… read more
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24. After Words
By: Nina Mitchell
3.93
Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition
In this darkly comic memoir, a young woman recounts the steps she took to rebuild her sense of self… read more
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25. Through the Mist
By: Lindsay Jayne Ashford
4.09
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Two women disturb the dark history of a deceptively quiet postwar Cornwall village in a haunting no… read more
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26. Catching Murphy (Missing collection)
By: Wilson Ring
4.05
Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition
For more than a year, over two brutal Northeast winters, the whole of Vermont was captivated by the… read more
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27. The G Ring: How the IUD Escaped the Nazis
By: Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
3.83
Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition
An epic untold true story at the intersection of WWII and the history of reproductive freedom—as th… read more
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28. Jump! (Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era collection)
By: Daniel Engber
3.31
Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition
In the first few years of the twentieth century, inventors discovered how to soar into the sky. Thi… read more
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29. The Diamond Formula (Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era collection)
By: Alina Simone
3.49
Format: 54 pages, Kindle Edition
A possible genius, a smidgen of madness, a twist of science, and an invention that very nearly chan… read more
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30. My Boy, Their Son (Kindle Single)
By: Rae MacCarthy
3.69
Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition
It was Mariah’s worst choice—and the best decision.As open adoptions go, it’s a dream scenario. But… read more
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31. The Electricity Fairy (Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era collection)
By: Alex Mar
3.67
Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition
The inspiring true story of Loïe Fuller, a radical nineteenth-century art nouveau icon who turned a… read more
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