15 best-selling nonfiction books like Dr. Z: The Lost Memoirs of an Irreverent Football Writer by Paul Zimmerman

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Dr. Z: The Lost Memoirs of an Irreverent Football Writer

By: Paul Zimmerman

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

During his nearly 50 years of sportswriting, including 28 at Sports Illustrated, readers of Dr. Z c…

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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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2. The Lost Ones (Quinn Colson, #2)

By: Ace Atkins

3.94

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Fresh from ten years as a U.S. Army Ranger, Quinn Colson finds his hands full as the newly elected … read more

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3. The Ranger (Quinn Colson, #1)

By: Ace Atkins

3.80

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Northeast Mississippi, hill country, rugged and notorious for outlaws since the Civil War, where ki… read more

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4. Commander in Chief: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943

By: Nigel Hamilton

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the next installment of the "splendid memoir Roosevelt didn't get to write" (New York Times), Ni… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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5. Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana

By: Michael Azerrad

3.50

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Neve… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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6. The Innocents (Quinn Colson, #6)

By: Ace Atkins

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary new novel in the New York Times-bestselling author's acclaimed series about the r… read more

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7. Breach of Duty (J.P. Beaumont, #14)

By: J.A. Jance

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

The Seattle that Beau knew as a young policeman is disappearing. The city is awash in the aromas em… read more

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8. All Around the Town

By: Mary Higgins Clark

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Laurie Kenyon, a twenty-one-year-old student, is accused of murdering her English professor, s… read more

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9. Don't You Cry

By: Mary Kubica

3.71

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

In downtown Chicago, Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting lette… read more

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10. Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

By: Neal Stephenson

3.93

Format: 927 pages, Paperback

Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing kn… read more

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"he's surprised your tits come wi' a head attached"

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

"Your diligence is setting an example for all of us—stop it!"

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

"Most men would rather be shot through with a broad-headed arrow than be described by you."

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

"Ten years ago I might have been offended," Daniel said. "Now, there's nothing I'll not believe."

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

11. Blood, Sweat & Chalk: How the Geniuses of Football Created America's Favorite Game

By: Tim Layden

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The modern game of football is filled with plays and formations with names like the Counter Trey, t… read more

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12. The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941–1942

By: Nigel Hamilton

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving aides and Roosevelt fami… read more

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13. Lou: Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball

By: Bill Madden , None

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this candid, revealing, and entertaining memoir, the beloved New York Yankee legend looks back o… read more

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14. Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports

By: Guy Lawson

3.96

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of disgraced fraudster turned undercover FBI informant Marty Blazer and the greate… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
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15. Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

By: Jonathan Karl

4.28

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump re… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

By: Bernie Taupin

3.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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17. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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18. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

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19. Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

By: John Grisham

4.26

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresist… read more

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20. Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office

By: Brian Baumgartner

4.28

Format: 352 pages, ebook

The official oral history book of The Office, featuring exclusive interviews with every major playe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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21. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

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"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

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22. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • football
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23. The Punishment She Deserves (Inspector Lynley, #20)

By: Elizabeth George

4.19

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are forced to confront the … read more

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24. Collateral Damage (Ali Reynolds, #17)

By: J.A. Jance

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ali Reynolds and High Noon Enterprises face the dangerous consequences of one man’s desperate searc… read more

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25. War and Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943–1945 (FDR at War, #3)

By: Nigel Hamilton

4.47

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

To mark the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, the stirring climax to Nigel Hamilton’s three-part saga of F… read more

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  • biography
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26. A Season in the Sun: The Inside Story of Bruce Arians, Tom Brady, and the Making of a Champion

By: Lars Anderson

4.08

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

An unprecedented inside look at the Tampa Bay Bucs’ Super Bowl-winning season, written with the par… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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27. The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America

By: Michael MacCambridge

4.25

Format: 487 pages, Hardcover

“Indispensable history.” –Sally Jenkins, bestselling author of  The Right Call A captivating chr… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History

By: Wayne Coffey

4.12

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

"The story of the 1969 Miracle Mets, unlikely world champions against the backdrop of the space rac… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Dr. Z: The Lost Memoirs of an Irreverent Football Writer

By: Paul Zimmerman

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

During his nearly 50 years of sportswriting, including 28 at Sports Illustrated, readers of Dr. Z c… read more

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30. A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back

By: Aaron Fischman

4.57

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Like many American boys, Tony Barnette yearned to one day make it to "The Show," playing baseball p… read more

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31. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns … read more

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4.05

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3.50

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3.96

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