5 best-selling history books like Hampi Vijayanagara by John M. Fritz

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Hampi Vijayanagara

By: John M. Fritz

4.34

Format: 160 pages, Illustrated Paperback

Hampi is one of the most beautiful and evocative of all historical sites in south India. Austere ye…

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1. Batman: Year One

By: Dennis O'Neil , Frank Miller , David Mazzucchelli , Richmond Lewis

4.24

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A new edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures ever, written… read more

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"Alfred: Hmf. I suppose you'll take up flying next, like that fellow in Metropolis."

-Dennis O'Neil, Batman: Year One

"I requested off this damn night shift four times now. Barbara needs me. Barbara and little James. So I hope it's boy, so what?"

-Dennis O'Neil, Batman: Year One

"You can never escape me. Bullets don't harm me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I KNOW pain. Sometimes I share it. With someone like you."

-Dennis O'Neil, Batman: Year One

"Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on...none of you are safe."

-Dennis O'Neil, Batman: Year One

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2. Batman: The Killing Joke

By: Tim Sale , Alan Moore , Brian Bolland

4.37

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

For the first time the Joker's origin is revealed in this tale of insanity and human perseverance. … read more

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"How can two people hate so much without knowing each other?"

-Tim Sale, Batman: The Killing Joke

"If I have to have a past, then I prefer it to be multiple choice."

-Tim Sale, Batman: The Killing Joke

"...My point is, I went crazy. When I saw what a black, awful joke the world was. I went crazy as a coot! I admit it! Why can't you?"

-Tim Sale, Batman: The Killing Joke

"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day."

-Tim Sale, Batman: The Killing Joke

Cover of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda, W.S. Merwin, Cristina García

3. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

By: Pablo Neruda , W.S. Merwin , Cristina García

4.21

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown p… read more

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"Tonight I Can Write"

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

"I remembered you with my soul clenched"

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

"I want to fill my mouth with your name."

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

"Every day you play with the light of the universe."

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

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4. Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

By: William Dalrymple , Anita Anand

4.04

Format: 335 pages,

The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i Noor, arguably the most celebrated a… read more

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  • india
  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

By: Oliver Sacks

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century" (The N… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Xaver Kappus, Reginald Snell

6. Letters to a Young Poet

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell

4.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, req… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Everything is gestation and then birthing."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Perhaps all dragons in our lives are really princesses just waiting to see us just once being beautiful and courageous."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

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7. An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India

By: Shashi Tharoor

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In 1930, the American historian and philosopher Will Durant wrote that Britain's 'conscious and del… read more

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  • india
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

8. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

By: Elizabeth Kolbert

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

9. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its fir… read more

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10. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

By: Yeonmi Park , Maryanne Vollers

3.98

Format: 212 pages,

Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually m… read more

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11. The Race of My Life: An Autobiography

By: None

5.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Authored By: Milkha Singh, Sonia Sanwalka Foreword By: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Introduction By: Jee… read more

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12. Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory

By: Aanchal Malhotra

3.78

Format: None pages,

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13. The Illicit Happiness of Other People

By: Manu Joseph

3.91

Format: 631 pages, Paperback

Ousep Chacko, journalist and failed novelist, prides himself on being "the last of the real men." T… read more

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14. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

By: Paul Bloom

4.00

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

New York Post Best Book of 2016 We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of other… read more

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15. 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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16. Elon Musk

By: Walter Isaacson

4.40

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"

-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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17. Victory City

By: Salman Rushdie

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of o… read more

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  • india
"History is a consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"History is the consequence not only of people’s actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"fHistory is the consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

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18. The Ickabog

By: J.K. Rowling

3.91

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time there was a tiny kingdom called Cornucopia, as rich in happiness as it was in gold… read more

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"Tears can heal a mind, as well as laughter."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

"Still, it was hard to have parents who lived inside you, when all you really wanted was for them to come back, and hug you."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

"You may think this strange, but Mrs. Beamish was glad to hear Mr. Dovetail cry, because tears can heal a mind, as well as laughter."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

"Lži, lži a zase lži. Jakmile jednou začnete lhát, musíte lhát dál a pak jste jako kapitán na děravé lodi a lepíte jednu díru za duhou, abyste se nepotopili."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

Cover of The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2) by Amish Tripathi

19. The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)

By: Amish Tripathi

4.10

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

Today, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man. The hunt is on. The sinister Naga wa… read more

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  • india
"Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want"

-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)

"Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations, Weak people, many a times, do not even realize how low they have sunk."

-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)

"The opposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual opposite of love is apathy. When you don't care a damn as to what happens to the other person."

-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)

"I don’t believe anything till I’ve seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn’t matter whether the theory is true or not."

-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)

Cover of I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir Of Life With Ratan Tata by Shantanu Naidu

20. I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir Of Life With Ratan Tata

By: Shantanu Naidu

4.44

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

An endearing portrait of an Indian legend I told him that when I write a book, I would write abo… read more

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  • india
  • nonfiction
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21. Qabar

By: K.R. Meera

3.95

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

As the foundations are laid for a temple to rise on the site of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, voices ris… read more

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  • india
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22. Hampi Vijayanagara

By: John M. Fritz

4.34

Format: 160 pages, Illustrated Paperback

Hampi is one of the most beautiful and evocative of all historical sites in south India. Austere ye… read more

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  • architecture
  • history
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • india

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4.04

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Oliver Sacks

3.75

Transform Your Habits

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Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell

4.29

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3.63

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4.47

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Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

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