11 Top history books like The Murders of Moisés Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America by Javier Sinay

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The Murders of Moisés Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America

By: Javier Sinay

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning journalist Javier Sinay investigates a series of murders from the nineteenth century,…

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1. Where I Was From

By: Joan Didion

3.87

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In her moving and insightful new book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her hist… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"There is no real way to deal with everything we lose."

-Joan Didion, Where I Was From

"The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried."

-Joan Didion, Where I Was From

"Remember, never take no cutoffs and hurry along as fast as you can."

-Joan Didion, Where I Was From

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2. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

By: Peter Pomerantsev

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia, where even dictatorship is a r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"We used to have this self-centred idea that Western democracies were the end-point of evolution, and we're dealing from a position of strength, and people are becoming like us. It's not that way. Bec…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

"So you were dissidents? You believed in finishing the USSR?''No. It's not like that. You just speak several languages at the same time, all the time. There's like several "you"s.' Seen from this pers…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

"That unique Moscow mix of tackiness and menace. One time I see a poster advertising a new property development that captures the tone nicely. Got up in the style of Nazi propaganda, it shows two Germ…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

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3. Everything Is Illuminated

By: Jonathan Safran Foer

3.43

Format: 375 pages,

A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching fo… read more

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4. Salvation of a Saint

By: Keigo Higashino , Alexander O. Smith

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 2011, The Devotion of Suspect Xwas a hit with critics and readers alike. The first major English… read more

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5. L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

By: Ágota Kristóf

4.11

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Onze chapitres pour onze moments de sa vie, de la petite enfance en Hongrie à l'apprentissage du fr… read more

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  • nonfiction
"You become a writer by writing with patience and obstinacy, without ever losing faith in what you write."

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

"في الغالب أكتفي بالكتابة في ذهني . ذلك اسهل . داخل الراس تجري الامور كلها بيسر . لكن ما ان نشرع في الكتابة حتى تتغير الأفكار .تتشوه.تصير خاطئة"

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

6. The Devotion of Suspect X

By: Keigo Higashino , Alexander O. Smith

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husb… read more

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7. Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun, #1)

By: J.G. Ballard

3.82

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's st… read more

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8. Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

By: Mike Rothschild

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With the current rise of antisemitism, this important book looks at how one Jewish family —the Roth… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • jewish
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9. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

By: Greg Lukianoff

3.93

Format: 432 pages, ebook

A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."

-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."

-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

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10. The War on the West

By: Douglas Murray

4.28

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

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11. La segunda venida de Hilda Bustamante

By: Salomé Esper

3.89

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Hilda Bustamante tiene 79 años y, como a todas las personas, un día le toca morir. Lo insólito es q… read more

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"Ella pasaba su mano por cada rama, liberaba las hojas de bichos y sequedades; él, mate en mano, escuchaba cómo aquella begonia tardaba en florecer, que Carmen había comprado unas masas riquísimas cua…"

-Salomé Esper, La segunda venida de Hilda Bustamante

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12. Flamer

By: Mike Curato

4.32

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graph… read more

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13. La llamada: Un retrato

By: Leila Guerriero

4.49

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Esta es una historia real, llena de aristas y sombras, sobre la condición humana. A fines de los s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

By: Oliver Darkshire

3.97

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackvill… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Early one morning, which is to say about five minutes before noon..."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

"It's my belief that anyone worth knowing enjoys spending time in a bookshop."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

"There is something about geriatric men which attracts them to dangerous ladders."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

"Hell hath no fury, they say, like a man treated the same way as he treats women."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

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15. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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16. The Immortal King Rao

By: Vauhini Vara

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In an Indian village in the 1950s, a precocious child is born into a family of Dalit coconut farmer… read more

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  • audiobook
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17. Blackouts

By: Justin Torres

3.77

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more

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  • audiobook
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18. Headshot

By: Rita Bullwinkel

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical inti… read more

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  • audiobook
"The desire to please people is the desire to not be singular."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"Tanya Maw's sister is two years older, the perfect age gap for wisdom transmission."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"It can be intoxicating to play a sport that requires one to look in their opponent's eyes."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"It's a warmth that she'll feel again very few times in her life. It's almost like love, but it has a surer, less desperate edge to it."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

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19. Los llanos

By: Federico Falco

4.12

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Finalista del 38.º Premio Herralde de Novela Una novela sutil que aborda el duelo de una ruptura… read more

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20. This Strange Eventful History

By: Claire Messud

3.63

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more

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  • audiobook
"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

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21. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

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  • audiobook
"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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22. Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.00

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice crea… read more

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  • audiobook
"Everyone loves pill-bugs. They're the insect version of hedgehogs."

-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

"It's hard to know that you're flying too high until the feathers start dropping."

-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

"She's say his name and tell his story. Maybe, someday, he'd follow the words home."

-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

"She'd say his name and tell his story. Maybe, someday, he'd follow the words home."

-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

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23. La otra guerra. Una historia del cementerio argentino en las islas Malvinas

By: Leila Guerriero

4.41

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

En 1982, tras la guerra entre Argentina y Gran Bretaña por las islas Malvinas, el ejército inglés o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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24. La vida por delante

By: Magalí Etchebarne

3.88

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Un grupo de mujeres que se resiste a la sordidez de la vejez y la enfermedad; dos amigas de vacacio… read more

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25. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

By: Tia Levings

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical

By: Shaul Magid

3.78

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewi… read more

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  • history
  • jewish
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27. Memoirs of a Wartime Interpreter: From the Battle for Moscow to Hitler's Bunker

By: Elena Rzhevskaya

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"By the will of fate I came to play a part in not letting Hitler achieve his final goal of disappea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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28. A Sunny Place for Shady People

By: Mariana Enríquez

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with … read more

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  • audiobook
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29. The Murders of Moisés Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America

By: Javier Sinay

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning journalist Javier Sinay investigates a series of murders from the nineteenth century,… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • jewish
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more

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  • audiobook
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

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31. Cave of Secrets

By: Lynne Golodner

4.44

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

"I have counted the days until you would return to my waiting arms, my insistent kisses. But now I … read more

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