King Con: The Bizarre Adventures of the Jazz Age's Greatest Impostor
By: Paul Willetts
3.30
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The spellbinding tale of virtuosic hustler Edgar Laplante--a Tom Ripley-meets-Jay Gatsby king of Ja…
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1. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
By: Erik Larson
4.00
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
"I must confess a shameful secret: I love Chicago best in the cold."-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
"No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck."-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
"How easy it was to disappear: A thousand trains a day entered or left Chicago."-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. Daniel H. Burnham"-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
2. The Creature in the Case (Abhorsen, #3.5)
By: Garth Nix
3.93
Format: 109 pages, Paperback
It is six months since the cataclysmic events of Abhorsen, six months Nicholas Sayre has spent reco… read more
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3. Chronic City
By: Jonathan Lethem
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude returns with a roar with t… read more
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4. The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
By: Edward Dolnick
3.50
Format: None pages,
Tijdens de Duitse bezetting van Nederland heeft Han van Meegeren fortuin gemaakt met het vervalsen … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- true crime
5. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
By: Sam Kean
0.00
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
The Periodic Table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
6. Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker's Journey
By: Harlan Lebo
4.13
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
With the approach of the 75th anniversary of Citizen Kanein May 2016, Harlan Lebo has written the f… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4)
By: Michael Connelly
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
Harry's life is a mess. His house has been condemned because of earthquake damage. His girlfriend h… read more
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8. In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire
By: Charles Constant , Peter Hellman
3.71
Format: 435 pages, Audio CD
Few gain entry to the privileged world of ultrafine wines, where billionaires flock to exclusive au… read more
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9. Disappearing Ink: The Insider, the FBI, and the Looting of the Kenyon College Library
By: Travis McDade
4.17
Format: 510 pages,
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10. Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)
By: Michael Connelly
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
When B-grade L.A. movie producer Tony Aliso is found stuffed into the trunk of his Rolls Royce, all… read more
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11. The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
By: Agatha Christie
3.68
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dus… read more
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12. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
By: Bob Odenkirk
3.60
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
13. Terciel and Elinor (The Old Kingdom, #6)
By: Garth Nix
4.20
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom for the never-before-told love story of Sabriel’s parents, Ter… read more
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"A passion for something was energy to be exploited, not thwarted."-Garth Nix, Terciel and Elinor (The Old Kingdom, #6)
14. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (Pendergast, #21)
By: Douglas Preston
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Con… read more
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15. Birnam Wood
By: Eleanor Catton
3.82
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Birnam Wood is on the move . . . Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening gro… read more
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"...wondering, not for the first time, when exactly she had become so technologically dependent that her first instinct in every unpredicted circumstance was to outsource her imagination to her phone."-Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood
"Not at all,’ he said. ‘I was just going to remark that being a cliche can be very useful. You ought to consider it some time.’ ’Oh yeah?’ ’Yeah,’ he said. ‘It means people underestimate you. They thi…"-Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood
"As his rhetoric and reading life matured, he grew intensely scornful of what passed at his high school for 'education' - the mania for testing; the intolerance of real dissent; and the conformist cel…"-Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood
"... his future, had either been sold or laid to waste by his parents' generation, trapping him in a perpetual adolescence that was further heightened by the infantilising unreality of the Internet as…"-Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood
16. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
By: Neil Bradbury
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- true crime
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
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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- nonfiction
- history
- true crime
18. Unnatural Death (Kay Scarpetta, #27)
By: Patricia Cornwell
3.99
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In this thrilling new installment of Patricia Cornwell’s #1 bestselling Scarpetta series, chief med… read more
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19. The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
By: Sam Kean
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science Fr… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- true crime
"Many people agreed with one executive who sneered that [Thomas] Edison had a vacuum where his conscience ought to be."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
"A rival politician countered that he too supported the dissection of those who were sucking the public teat dry. He proposed starting with the royal family."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
20. Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today
By: Valerie Bertinelli
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times best… read more
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- biography
21. Deacon King Kong
By: James McBride
4.17
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting of a Brooklyn drug dealer and the people who… read more
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"Friendship was trouble in business."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"You’ve got to be strong to get old."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"A man ain’t got to stand in church every Sunday to do God’s work."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"Is your cheese this good? This wasn’t plain old housing projects “cheese food"-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
22. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.77
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- true crime
"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
23. People Like Her
By: Ellery Lloyd
3.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A razor-sharp, wickedly smart suspense debut about an ambitious influencer mom whose soaring succes… read more
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"It can really rob you of your faith in the human spirit, sometimes, the internet."-Ellery Lloyd, People Like Her
"I found that the more "authentic" I was, the more followers I won, and the more those followers "liked" me. If that sounds patronizing, I honestly don't mean it that way. Sorry, the Sisterhood, but w…"-Ellery Lloyd, People Like Her
"I've honed my approach overtime to make sure I don't stoke the hater's rage. I am sure these are often women broken with grief for their old lives, powder kegs packed with fury at the terrible injust…"-Ellery Lloyd, People Like Her
24. The Clinic
By: Cate Quinn
3.52
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic … read more
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25. The Cold Millions
By: Jess Walter
3.96
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Beautiful Ruins delivers another “literary miracle” … read more
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26. The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup
By: Evan Hughes
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The inside story of a band of entrepreneurial upstarts who made millions selling painkillers--until… read more
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27. The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession
By: Kate Summerscale
3.62
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped us all, … read more
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- history
28. A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology
By: Toby Wilkinson
3.97
Format: 510 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling history of the West’s scramble for the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost Egyptolo… read more
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- history
29. The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
By: Colin Dickey
3.67
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
"Absolutely perfect for the current moment." --BuzzfeedAmerica's favorite cultural historian and au… read more
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- history
"In a single stroke, the Linnaean classification system wiped monsters off the face of the map. There might still be unknown beasts and fearsome creatures out there, but now they each would have a fam…"-Colin Dickey, The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
30. Near Miss (The Edinburgh Murders #1)
By: Traude Ailinger
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
A fun, twisty woman sleuth mystery set in Edinburgh! Fashion writer Amy Thornton has the fright … read more
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31. King Con: The Bizarre Adventures of the Jazz Age's Greatest Impostor
By: Paul Willetts
3.30
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The spellbinding tale of virtuosic hustler Edgar Laplante--a Tom Ripley-meets-Jay Gatsby king of Ja… read more
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- biography
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
