5 must-read nonfiction books like Return to Earth by Buzz Aldrin

Cover of Return to Earth by Buzz Aldrin

Return to Earth

By: Buzz Aldrin

3.79

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Colonel Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, a member of the Apollo 11 crew, tells about his adventures on the moon…

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1. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

By: David McCullough

4.25

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

Published on the fortieth anniversary of its initial publication, this edition of the classic book … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • science
"One has the feeling that if you could pick it up and turn it over, you would see MADE IN AMERICA stamped on it."

-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

"What I wanted-what I needed-was a story wherein the principal characters took on something big and admirable and difficult, and did it right."

-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

"Nothing lasts forever. The most unforseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you. Washington A. Roebling quoted by"

-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

"Everywhere about her, lesser men, witless, vulgar, corrupt, men of narrow ambition and the cheapest of values, were prospering as never before, grabbing up power, money, or just about anything else t…"

-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

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2. Mystic River

By: Dennis Lehane

4.17

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange… read more

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"We all die alone...... I could have helped her with the dying."

-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River

"She was his wife, mother, best friend, sister, lover, and priest."

-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River

"Men. If you give them half a chance, they'll fuck you over just to prove they can."

-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River

"I’m just saying there are threads, okay? Threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected."

-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River

Cover of The Affair (Jack Reacher, #16) by Lee Child

3. The Affair (Jack Reacher, #16)

By: Lee Child

3.50

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the … read more

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4. The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

By: Michael Connelly

4.12

Format: 439 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Narcotics office Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he e… read more

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"You don’t like what you see out your window, you put up a wall."

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"Trust no one. You may be working with the last honest cop in Mexicali, but why bet your life on it?"

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"All his life Bosch had lived and worked in society’s institutions. But he hope he had escaped institutional thinking, that he made his own decisions."

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"one of the crazies moved into the cone of light beneath a streetlight. It was a black man, high-stepping and making jerking movements with his arms. He made a crisp turn and began moving back into th…"

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

5. The Testament

By: John Grisham

4.33

Format: 308 pages,

In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death j… read more

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6. Silken Prey (Lucas Davenport, #23)

By: John Sandford

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author and Pu… read more

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7. The Pentagon's Brain

By: Annie Jacobsen

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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8. Mortal Prey (Lucas Davenport, #13)

By: John Sandford

4.02

Format: None pages,

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Cover of The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3) by Michael    Connelly

9. The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)

By: Michael Connelly

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this classic from a #1 "New York Times" bestselling author, Detective Harry Bosch thought he'd s… read more

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10. The Enemy (Jack Reacher, #8)

By: Lee Child

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's … read more

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11. The Brethren

By: John Grisham

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Trumble is a minimum-security federal prison, a "camp," home to the usual assortment of relatively … read more

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12. Garden of Beasts

By: Jeffery Deaver

4.48

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Paul Schumann is a contract hitman for the mob in 1936. But with Prohibition over and the gang wars… read more

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13. Winter Prey (Lucas Davenport, #5)

By: John Sandford

3.22

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

It is winter in the remote, dark Wisconsin woods. But the chill in the local sheriff's bones has no… read more

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14. Broken Prey (Lucas Davenport, #16)

By: John Sandford

3.22

Format: 402 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The first body is of a young woman, found on a Minneapolis riverbank, her throat cut, her body scou… read more

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15. Certain Prey (Lucas Davenport, #10)

By: John Sandford

3.22

Format: 402 pages,

Certain Preyis John Sandford's 11th novel in ten years, and the tenth to feature hard-edged, charis… read more

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16. The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)

By: Michael Connelly

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is mo… read more

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17. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey

By: Michael Collins

2.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

NASA astronaut Michael Collins trained as an experimental test pilot before venturing into space as… read more

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18. The Fifth Witness (Mickey Haller, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #20)

By: Michael Connelly

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to … read more

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19. Hidden Prey (Lucas Davenport, #15)

By: John Sandford

3.68

Format: None pages,

When a Russian sailor is found shot to death on the shore of Lake Superior, everyone has a theory: … read more

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20. Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport, #18)

By: John Sandford

4.21

Format: None pages,

A widow comes home to her large house in a wealthy, exclusive suburb to find blood on the walls, no… read more

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21. Wicked Prey (Lucas Davenport, #19)

By: John Sandford

3.95

Format: 253 pages,

Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home, in the superlative new thriller by… read more

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22. Stolen Prey (Lucas Davenport, #22)

By: John Sandford

3.91

Format: 434 pages, Hardcover

Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnes… read more

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23. First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong

By: James R. Hansen

4.15

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. A… read more

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24. Mind Prey (Lucas Davenport, #7)

By: John Sandford

4.22

Format: 160 pages,

From the bestselling author of Night Preyand Winter Prey...an all-new Lucas Davenport thriller. Run… read more

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25. Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

By: Bertrand Russell , Paul Edwards

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned wi… read more

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26. God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

By: Frank Herbert

3.88

Format: 587 pages, Paperback

Book four in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the … read more

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  • space
"But you invite ..."

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

"In the wrong hands,"

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

"Only fools prefer the past!"

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

"For what do you hunger, Lord?"

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

Cover of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte

27. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

By: Steve Brusatte

4.20

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

Cover of Ocean Prey (Lucas Davenport #31, Virgil Flowers #13) by John Sandford

28. Ocean Prey (Lucas Davenport #31, Virgil Flowers #13)

By: John Sandford

4.39

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

An off-duty Coast Guardsman is fishing with his family in the Atlantic just off south Florida when … read more

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Cover of Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within by David Goggins

29. Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

By: David Goggins

4.44

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

This is not a self-help book. It's a wake-up call! Can't Hurt Me, David Goggins' smash hit memoi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Whatever it takes for you to believe that you're better than good enough to achieve your dreams is what you must do. And remember, your greatness is not tied to any outcome. It is found in the valian…"

-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

"We all owe it ourselves to stand for something. Principles give us a foundation — solid ground we can trust and build on as we continue to redefine what's possible in our own lives. Sure, some will b…"

-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

"Back in SEAL training, I loved when people froze up and quit. I felt it elevated me in some way, but that was ego-driven immaturity and poor leadership. These days, I consider my business to make eve…"

-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

Cover of Twisted Prey (Lucas Davenport, #28) by John Sandford

30. Twisted Prey (Lucas Davenport, #28)

By: John Sandford

4.37

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport confronts an old nemesis, now more powerful than ever, in this thrilling addition t… read more

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31. Return to Earth

By: Buzz Aldrin

3.79

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Colonel Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, a member of the Apollo 11 crew, tells about his adventures on the moon… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • science

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