Memphis Mayhem: A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World
By: David A. Less
3.61
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Memphis gave birth to music that changed the world ― Memphis Mayhem is a fascinating history of how…
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1. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
By: Bill Bryson
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, a… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"It’s a bit burned,"-Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
"I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to."-Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
"Imagine having a city full of things that no other city had."-Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
"They were Republicans, Nixon Republicans, and so didn't subscribe to the notion that laws are supposed to apply to all people equally."-Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
2. Daisy Miller
By: Henry James
3.37
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
It was in Rome during the autumn of 1877; a friend then living there but settled now in a South les… read more
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"I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do."-Henry James, Daisy Miller
"In such hours as this what have we to do with pain? That is not the deepest thing; there is something deeper."-Henry James, Daisy Miller
"The news that Daisy Miller was surrounded by half a dozen wonderful mustaches checked Winterbourne's impulse to go straightway to see her."-Henry James, Daisy Miller
"The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma"-Henry James, Daisy Miller
3. A Good Day to Die
By: Jim Harrison
3.88
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Their plans were conceived in a drunken excitement and resulted in more horror than any of them cou… read more
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4. Hulk: World War Hulk
By: Greg Pak , John Romita Jr.
4.15
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
Hulk found peace on the planet Sakaar. But when the warp core of the ship that brought him there ex… read more
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5. The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
By: Jeanne DuPrau
3.89
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition can be found here. Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was… read more
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"He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato"-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
"Why, if its going to be allright, do we see it getting worse every day?"-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
"The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself. Anger is."-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
"Wouldn't it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful - a blue sky."-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
6. Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter
By: Loretta Lynn , George Vecsey
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Born in 1935 into abject poverty, married at age thirteen, and a grandmother by age twenty-nine, Lo… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
7. It Came From Memphis
By: Robert Gordon , Peter Guralnick
3.47
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
Robert Gordon begins where most chroniclers of the music world end and spins a magical fairy tale p… read more
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- music
- history
- nonfiction
8. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
By: Christopher Moore
4.03
Format: 606 pages, Paperback
The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacri… read more
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9. One Summer: America, 1927
By: Bill Bryson
4.09
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
In One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports read… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous."-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
"He [Henry Ford] seldom let facts or logic challenge the certainty of his instincts"-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
"The romance of travel wasn't always terribly evident to those who were actually experiencing it."-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
"Even with the benefit of steroids most modern players still couldn't hit as many home runs as Babe Ruth hit on hotdogs."-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
10. The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
By: Tom Wolfe
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
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11. Herzog
By: Philip Roth , Saul Bellow
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is the story of Moses Herzog, a great sufferer, joker, mourner, and charmer. Although his life… read more
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12. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
By: Tom Wolfe
3.57
Format: 416 pages,
For a start, Kesey's own life with the Merry Pranksters is perhaps the consummate example of a phen… read more
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13. Heart of Darkness
By: Joseph Conrad
3.99
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more
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14. Tender Is the Night
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.78
Format: 430 pages, Paperback
Set on the French Riviera in the late 1920s, Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance of the young… read more
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"My God,' he gasped, 'you're fun to kiss."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night
"The price for his intactness was incompleteness."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night
"But I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night
"New friends can often have a better time together than old friends."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night
15. A Death in the Family
By: James Agee , None
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The classic American novel, re-published for the 100th anniversary of James Agee's birth Published … read more
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16. All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.00
Format: 592 pages,
All the Pretty Horsestells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Acr… read more
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17. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more
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18. Audition
By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Documentary-maker Aoyama hasn't dated anyone in the seven years since the death of his beloved wife… read more
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19. The Age of American Unreason
By: Susan Jacoby
4.25
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American c… read more
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20. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
By: Erik Larson
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthrall… read more
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21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
By: Kevin Eastman
4.41
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks o… read more
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22. The Salt Grows Heavy
By: Cassandra Khaw
3.59
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more
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"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
23. Bullet Train
By: Kōtarō Isaka
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of… read more
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"My buddy Thomas helped me survive."-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train
"Then Tangerine hangs up. Nanao leans against the window and gazes out, gripping his phone like he's waiting for a call from a lover."-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train
"Tangerine can't quite place how he felt about insects when he was younger. He has memories of killing them wholesale, but also remembers crying over dead ones and giving them miniature funerals"-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train
"Then he (Lemon) leans in to Little Minegishi's corpse and takes hold of the back of the head, nodding it up and down like he's operating a puppet. "Lemon, you are a useful train," he says, doing his …"-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train
24. Me and Paul: Untold Stories of a Fabled Friendship
By: Willie Nelson
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Discover the untold stories and unbreakable bond between country music icon Willie Nelson and his l… read more
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25. Music Is History
By: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestseller, Music Is History combines multi-Grammy Award winner Questlove’s deep m… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
26. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
By: Mark Seal
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more
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- nonfiction
27. The Stranger Times (Stranger Times, #1)
By: C.K. McDonnell
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stra… read more
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28. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
29. A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
By: Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A tiny American town's plans for radical self-government overlooked one hairy detail: no one told t… read more
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- nonfiction
"It's not clear whether, at this point, the Babiarzes fully understood that the libertarians were operating under vampire rules—the invitation to enter, once offered, could not be rescinded."-Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
"What's the endgame of capitalism, if not a big fat white man sitting on top of a pile of bloody bones [after cannibalizing the other capitalists] with no one around him, crying because no one's aroun…"-Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
"What's the endgame of capitalism, if not a big fat white man sitting on top of a pile of bloody bones [after cannibalizing everyone else] with no one around him, crying because no one's around to mak…"-Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
"Government isn't ruining capitalism. Capitalism is ruining government. I think that's kind of obvious. If you take capitalism out of government you get simple public representation. If you take gover…"-Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
30. Memphis Mayhem: A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World
By: David A. Less
3.61
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Memphis gave birth to music that changed the world ― Memphis Mayhem is a fascinating history of how… read more
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