5 must-read nonfiction books like The Passover Plot by Hugh J. Schonfield

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The Passover Plot

By: Hugh J. Schonfield

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Finally back in print, this special 40th anniversary edition of Dr. Schonfield's international mult…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Passover Plot by Hugh J. Schonfield , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)

By: Marcel Proust , None , Terence Kilmartin , D.J. Enright

4.39

Format: 957 pages, Paperback

The Modern Library’s fifth volume of In Search of Lost Time contains both The Captive (1923) and Th… read more

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"...every social class has its own pathology..."

-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)

"Love is space and time made perceptible to the heart."

-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)

"Let us leave pretty women to men with no imagination."

-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)

"There are optical errors in time as there are in space."

-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)

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2. The Mystery of Edwin Drood

By: Charles Dickens , David Paroissien

3.66

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers si… read more

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"For certain, neither of them sees a happy Present, as the gate opens and closes, and one goes in, and the other goes away."

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"But Rosa soon made the discovery that Miss Twinkleton didn't read fairly. She cut the love-scenes, interpolated passages in praise of female celibacy, and was guilty of other glaring pious frauds."

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"He was simply and staunchly true to his duty alike in the large case and in the small. So all true souls ever are. So every true soul ever was, ever is, and ever will be. There is nothing little to t…"

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions into which I rushed, carryin…"

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

3. Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings

By: Mark Twain , Bernard DeVoto , Henry Nash Smith

4.10

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

"I have told you nothing about man that is not true." You must pardon me if I repeat that remark no… read more

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  • religion
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4. That Was Then, This Is Now

By: S.E. Hinton

4.33

Format: 25 pages,

Does growing up have to mean growing apart? Since childhood, Bryon and Mark have been as close as b… read more

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5. Alexander Hamilton

By: Ron Chernow

3.77

Format: 32 pages,

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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6. From the Earth to the Moon

By: Jules Verne

3.76

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Een in de 19e eeuw geschreven verhaal over een reis naar de maan, waaruit blijkt dat de schrijver i… read more

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"Time has no business to keep a whole country in suspense."

-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon

"No sé si los mundos están habitados, y como no lo sé, voy a verlo."

-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon

"It is better for us to see the destination we wish to reach, than the point of departure"

-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon

"In fact they did to others that which they would not they should do to them— that grand principle of immortality upon which rests the whole art of war."

-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon

7. Anthem

By: Ayn Rand

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Anthemhas long been hailed as one of Ayn Rand's classic novels, and a clear predecessor to her late… read more

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8. The Day of the Triffids

By: John Wyndham

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more

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9. Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God?

By: Russell Shorto , None

3.94

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God? is a 1978 book by Morton Smith arguing that the histor… read more

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10. The Jewish Gospels

By: Jack Miles , Daniel Boyarin

3.50

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

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11. The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.32

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

They say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That its finest practitioners are subtle, sophisticated in… read more

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12. Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity

By: None , None

3.87

Format: 272 pages,

Exhaustively annotated and illustrated, this explosive work of history unearths clues that finally … read more

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13. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Erik Larson

4.30

Format: 546 pages, ebook

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.00

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more

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"Here my last love had died."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"No one is ever holy without suffering."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"I had been there before; I knew all about it."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

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15. Victory City

By: Salman Rushdie

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of o… read more

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"History is a consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"History is the consequence not only of people’s actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"fHistory is the consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

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16. Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament

By: Michael A. Singer

4.45

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

The book you need right now is finally here! From beloved spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer—autho… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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17. Strangers on a Train

By: Patricia Highsmith

3.73

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

" Strangers on a Train has lost none of its power to disturb…We will likely be reading Patricia Hig… read more

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"The word “marriage"

-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train

"I know that Southern redhead type,"

-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train

"The train tore along with an angry, irregular rhythm."

-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train

"I like to drink when I travel. It enhances things, don’t you think?"

-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train

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18. Time Enough for Love

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.97

Format: 612 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of Starship Troopers and the first Grand Master of Scien… read more

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"Sense is never common."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

"Never try to outstubborn a cat."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

"Live and learn, or you don't live long."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

"One man's theology is another man's belly laugh."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

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19. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

By: Maggie Haberman

4.09

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidenc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Trump is to business what professional wrestling is to sports: part of it, certainly, but also a cartoonish parody of it."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

"[White House Chief of Staff and Four-Star General John] Kelly shared with [Mick} Mulvaney {who was appointed when Kelly resigned] his view that Trump was the most flawed person he had ever met."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

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20. The Beautiful Something Else

By: Ash Van Otterloo

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Full of humor and heartbreak, this story about a nonbinary character navigating a binary world is p… read more

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21. The Passover Plot

By: Hugh J. Schonfield

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Finally back in print, this special 40th anniversary edition of Dr. Schonfield's international mult… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

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Rachel Maddow

4.45

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Jonathan Karl

4.28

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Liz Cheney

4.60

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4.46

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