15 must-read nonfiction books like Mozart by John Suchet

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Mozart

By: John Suchet

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An ideal introduction to understanding the famous composer. Rich with wit and warmth, this compact …

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1. The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7)

By: Ellis Peters

4.08

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Medieval monk Brother Cadfael races to save a young man he believes is falsely accused of robbery—i… read more

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2. Shakespeare: The World as Stage

By: Bill Bryson

3.81

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

At first glance, Bill Bryson seems an odd choice to write this addition to the Eminent Lives series… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
"Even Scientific American entered the fray with an article proposing that the person portrayed in the famous Martin Droeshout engraving might actually be--I weep to say it--Elizabeth I."

-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage

"So it needs to be said that nearly all of the anti-Shakespeare sentiment—actually all of it, every bit—involves manipulative scholarship or sweeping misstatements of fact. Shakespeare “never owned a …"

-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage

"(...)we all recognize a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don’t really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at …"

-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage

"A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just two months older than Shakespeare), had the requisite talent, and would certainly have had ample l…"

-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage

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3. Introducing Particle Physics: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)

By: Tom Whyntie , Oliver Pugh

3.85

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

What really happens at the most fundamental levels of nature? Introducing Particle Physics explo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie, #1)

By: Val McDermid

3.68

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Bestselling, award-winning author Val McDermid delivers her most stunning story yet inThe Distant E… read more

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5. Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts

By: Susan Cain , Gregory Mone , Grant Snider

3.98

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

The monumental bestseller Quiet has been recast in a new edition that empowers introverted kids and… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. The Devil's Novice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #8)

By: Ellis Peters

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the autumn of 1140 the Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a … read more

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7. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.84

Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more

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"But if you were investigating a crime,"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

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8. At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)

By: Jan Karon

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

Enter the world of Mitford, and you won't want to leave. It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In t… read more

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9. The Beautiful and Damned

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald , Monty

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damnedfollowed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This S… read more

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10. Endgame

By: Samuel Beckett

4.67

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, no… read more

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11. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

By: Humphrey Carpenter

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in Septembe… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir

12. Conclave

By: Robert Harris

4.00

Format: None pages,

The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals… read more

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13. A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #1)

By: Charles Todd

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1919, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge remains haunted by World War I, where he was forced t… read more

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14. These High, Green Hills (Mitford Years, #3)

By: Jan Karon

4.36

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

For years, Mitford's sixtysomething rector has been happily married to his parish. Now he's also ma… read more

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15. A Light in the Window (Mitford Years, #2)

By: Jan Karon

4.36

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

- Readers will enjoy a story from the popular series-packaged bestseller! - Includes new Reader's G… read more

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16. Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)

By: Ian Rankin , Mircea Pricăjan

3.00

Format: None pages,

Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied … read more

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17. Uncommon Type

By: Tom Hanks

3.79

Format: 223 pages,

A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is a… read more

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18. Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

By: Gene Kranz

4.60

Format: 200 pages,

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it… read more

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19. The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

By: Anthony Trollope , David Skilton

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in p… read more

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"It is much less difficult for the sufferer to be generous than for the oppressor."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"... In what I do I may appear to be interfering with you, and I hope you will forgive me for doing so."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"He never quarreled with his wife, but he never talked to her;--he never had time to talk, he was so taken up with speaking."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"They say that faint heart never won fair lady. It is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men's hearts!"

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

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20. The Guns of August

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

4.18

Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition

The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

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21. Madhouse at the End of the Earth

By: Julian Sancton

4.27

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

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22. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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23. How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

By: Katy Milkman

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Wall Street Journal bestseller "A welcome revelation." --The Financial Times Award-winning W… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)

By: Chris Hammer

4.29

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted… read more

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25. The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

By: Kati Marton

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The “captivating” ( The New York Times ), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
"This also serves as a clever way of neutralizing potential opponents. “Angela is very skilled at appropriating any issue as soon as it gains traction,"

-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

"Both Merkel and Obama read Yuval Harari’s somewhat ponderous Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind for pleasure. And though their tastes are widely different, both find escape and relaxation in music."

-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

"Her description of a perfect day sounds perfectly ordinary: “I will sleep long, have a relaxed breakfast. Then I’ll go out for some fresh air, chat with my husband or with friends. I might go to the …"

-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

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26. Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life

By: Miriam Margolyes

4.08

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . . A force of nature, a tour de farc… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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27. A Pocketful of Happiness

By: Richard E. Grant

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has be… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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28. Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

By: Jennifer Breheny Wallace

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive book on the rise of “toxic achievement cultu… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Tom Stoppard: A Life

By: Hermione Lee

4.24

Format: 978 pages, Hardcover

With unprecedented access to private papers, diaries, letters, and countless interviews with figure… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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30. One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage

By: Michael Crick

4.11

Format: 400 pages, ebook

'Enormously readable...excellent' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'A superb piece of thorough journa… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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31. Mozart

By: John Suchet

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An ideal introduction to understanding the famous composer. Rich with wit and warmth, this compact … read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • classical music
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

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Bill Bryson

3.81

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Tom Whyntie , Oliver Pugh

3.85

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Humphrey Carpenter

3.94

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4.18

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J.R.R. Tolkien

4.26

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J.R.R. Tolkien , Robert Foster

3.78

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Humphrey Carpenter

3.94

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4.01

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