5 Best nonfiction books like The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (American Land Classics) by Edna Brush Perkins

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The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (American Land Classics)

By: Edna Brush Perkins

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An ardent early suffragette, Edna Brush Perkins set out in 1920 with her friend, Charlotte Hannahs …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (American Land Classics) by Edna Brush Perkins , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more

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  • historical
"Fou!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"Boil my brains!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

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2. The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

By: Walter Mosley

3.56

Format: 304 pages,

A masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the true literary icons of our … read more

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3. The Indigo Girl

By: Natasha Boyd

3.94

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An incredible story of dangerous and hidden friendships, ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice. The yea… read more

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  • historical
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4. Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

By: Bill Bryson

3.24

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funnie… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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5. Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

By: Lisa See

4.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

Pearl and May are sisters, living carefree lives in Shanghai, the Paris of Asia. But when Japanese … read more

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  • historical

6. The Wailing Wind (Leaphorn & Chee, #15)

By: Tony Hillerman

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Officer Bernadette Manuelito found the dead man slumped over in the cab of a blue pickup abandoned … read more

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7. Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls #2)

By: Lisa See

4.10

Format: None pages,

In her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and… read more

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8. Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York

By: Paul Gallico

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mrs Harris is a salt-of-the-earth London chatlady who cheerfully cleans the houses of the rich. One… read more

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9. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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10. The Fallen Man (Leaphorn & Chee, #12)

By: Tony Hillerman

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Human bones lie on a ledge under the peak of Ship Rock mountain, the remains of a murder victim und… read more

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11. Winterkill (Joe Pickett, #3)

By: C.J. Box

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

Joe Pickett's pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn w… read more

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12. Stormy Weather

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." - USA Today Two hone… read more

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13. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

By: Daniel James Brown

3.59

Format: 464 pages,

In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Il… read more

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14. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

By: Anita Loos

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

If any American fictional character of the twentieth century seems likely to be immortal, it is Lor… read more

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15. The Shape Shifter (Leaphorn & Chee, #18)

By: Tony Hillerman

4.33

Format: 226 pages,

Since his retirement from the Navajo Tribal Police, Joe Leaphorn has occasionally been enticed to r… read more

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16. Empire Falls

By: Richard Russo

3.57

Format: 10 pages, Paperback

Richard Russo--from his first novel, Mohawk, to his most recent, Straight Man--has demonstrated a p… read more

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17. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

By: Florence Williams

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For cent… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. A Song of Comfortable Chairs (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #23)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Grace Makutsi enco… read more

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19. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

By: Ron Howard

4.27

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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20. Thistlefoot

By: GennaRose Nethercott

3.96

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con a… read more

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"what is a memory if not a ghost?"

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

"Memory, it was nothing but a leash"

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

"This song is for the goners, whose smiles are dust"

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

"Leaves fell like one thousand small, flaming hands."

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

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21. The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Mma Ramotswe is te… read more

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"Never try to reach a conclusion before you reach the conclusion."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

"There were times, she thought, when 'ah' said everything that needed to be said"

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

"We have always asked too much of women in this country. They hold up the sky on their shoulders."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

"People had to be left to make their own mistakes, even if the rest of us could see quite clearly the dangers that lay ahead."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

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22. The Sentence

By: Louise Erdrich

3.95

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The Sentence asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. A small in… read more

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"I'd taken a pink eraser to my childhood and blurred the pain."

-Louise Erdrich, The Sentence

"A newborn baby has a powerful effect on character. But so does a toddler. A child. A preteen. A teenager. A mother changes with every stage. Some stages are within a mother's skill set. Some stages a…"

-Louise Erdrich, The Sentence

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23. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

By: Lisa See

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seve… read more

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  • historical
"Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"The problem with living so long is that you see too many people pass before you."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"It took me me many years to realize that my perceptions at this time was completely wrong."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

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24. The Shadows

By: Alex North

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"This is absorbing, headlong reading, a play on classic horror with an inventiveness of its own... … read more

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"I don't care if you ever think about me at all. I'll think about you instead."

-Alex North, The Shadows

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25. The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

By: Annie Lyons

4.31

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

It's never too late to start living. Infused with the emotional power of Me Before You and the i… read more

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"Life is precious and as long as we have a reason to continue, we should follow that path."

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

"Why is life so sad sometimes?"..."Perhaps it's the universe's way of making you appreciate the happier times"

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

"I always used to think it was silly when people said life was short, but I completely get that now. We're here for such a limited time. The least we can do is try to be kind to the people around us. …"

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

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26. The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (American Land Classics)

By: Edna Brush Perkins

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An ardent early suffragette, Edna Brush Perkins set out in 1920 with her friend, Charlotte Hannahs … read more

Similar categories in Edna Brush Perkins's The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (American Land Classics) book and Edna Brush Perkins's The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (American Land Classics)

  • adventure
  • travel
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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27. The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir

By: Kelly Bishop

4.52

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Come for the Gilmore Girls anecdotes, stay for the revealing truths about what it takes to build a… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

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