7 must-read biography books like The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon by Moira Greyland

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The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon

By: Moira Greyland

3.80

Format: 613 pages, Kindle Edition

Marion Zimmer Bradley was a bestselling science fiction author, a feminist icon, and was awarded th…

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1. Way Station

By: Clifford D. Simak

4.03

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Enoch Wallace is an ageless hermit, striding across his untended farm as he has done for over a cen… read more

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"Delectable,"

-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

"He needed sun and soil and wind to remain a man."

-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

"Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe."

-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

"He had given them everything that a human being had with the one exception of that most important thing of all -- the ability to exist within the human world."

-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

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2. First Lensman (Lensman, #2)

By: E.E. "Doc" Smith

3.87

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Virgil Samms becomes the first wearer of the Lens, an almost-living symbol of the forces of law and… read more

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"thinking is an exercise to which far too few brains are accustomed"

-E.E. "Doc" Smith, First Lensman (Lensman, #2)

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3. The Poetic Edda

By: Anonymous , Lee M. Hollander

4.26

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

The Poetic Eddacomprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place … read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Night Film

By: Marisha Pessl

3.78

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

On a damp October night, 24-year-old Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lowe… read more

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"Moe was a triple threat."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

"Freak the ferocious out."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

"Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

" Everyone smiles for a photograph. "

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

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5. Blonde

By: Joyce Carol Oates , Claude Seban

4.08

Format: 348 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In her most ambitious work to date, Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic, and spir… read more

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  • historical
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6. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century, #1)

By: Alan Moore , Kevin O'Neill

3.42

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Alan Moore's familiar cast of Victorian literary characters enters the brave new world of the 20th … read more

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7. The Princess Diarist

By: Carrie Fisher

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

The Princess Diaristis Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happe… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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8. Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too… read more

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9. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)

By: Robin Sloan

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and… read more

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10. Notice

By: Heather Lewis , None

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

As a young adult, she started to turn tricks in the parking lot of the local bar. Not because she n… read more

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11. Rose Madder

By: Stephen King

3.50

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found  Roused by a single drop of blood, Rosie Daniels wakes … read more

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12. Answered Prayers - The Unfinished Novel

By: Truman Capote

4.31

Format: 517 pages, Paperback

Although Truman Capote's last novel was unfinished at the time of his death, its surviving portions… read more

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13. Justine

By: Marquis de Sade

3.76

Format: 205 pages,

Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, conocido por su titulo de Marques de Sade (Paris, 2 de junio de… read more

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14. Triplanetary (Lensman, #1)

By: E.E. "Doc" Smith , None

3.43

Format: 232 pages,

Eddore and Arisia fought desperately to control the Universe. The ultimate battleground was a tiny,… read more

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15. Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.90

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

1888 W Africa. Newlyweds Lord and Lady Greystoke are marooned by mutineers. He builds a snug cabin … read more

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"Teach me to speak the language of men."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"P43- that the huge, fierce brute loved this child of another race is beyond question."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

16. The Kindly Ones

By: Jonathan Littell , Charlotte Mandell

3.94

Format: 229 pages,

Named one of the "100 Best Books of the Decade" by The Timesof London "Oh my human brothers, let m… read more

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17. Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight

By: M.E. Thomas

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The first memoir of its kind, Confessions of a Sociopathis an engrossing, highly captivating narrat… read more

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Cover of Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow

18. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."

-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

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19. A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

By: Freya Marske

3.91

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She expected plent… read more

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  • historical
"Hawthorn waved that aside. “My sister…"

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

"She hadn't anticipated Maud Blyth. She didn't know how anyone ever could."

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

"Maud, darling," she said, very soft. "You're worth more than this quest. I've told you that all along."

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

"The head of security for the Lyric had a sturdy figure and a kind face with a reddish moustache that was doing its best to engulf his upper lip, as though he'd inherited it from a larger relative and…"

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

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20. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

By: Jonathan Kennedy

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

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21. In Bloom

By: Paul Tremblay

3.08

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling auth… read more

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22. Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

By: Malcolm Harris

3.90

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

The first comprehensive, global history of Silicon Valley, from railroad capitalists to microchip a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. The Facemaker

By: Lindsey Fitzharris

4.29

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true s… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture by Matt Baume

24. Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

By: Matt Baume

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

There's a secret storyline hidden across some of the most popular sitcoms of the 20th century. F… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

25. Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

By: Rick Emerson

3.96

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

Two teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud. In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvente… read more

Similar categories in Rick Emerson's Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries book and Moira Greyland's The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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26. Light Perpetual

By: Francis Spufford

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the critically acclaimed and award‑winning author of Golden Hill, an “extraordinary…symphonic…… read more

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  • historical
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27. How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

By: Leslie Jordan

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Viral sensation and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with entertaining stories about th… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"True happiness can only come from being of loving service to others, especially those in the last throes of life's journey."

-Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

"I suppose someone had tossed the puppy out of the car, since we were in the middle of nowhere, too far out for a puppy to get to on her own. Who on Earth would do such a thing?! People like that need…"

-Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

"When our country was erupting in protests and marches, asking for the end of injustice against African American men and women, I was somewhat chastised by many of my followers for not speaking out ag…"

-Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

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28. Nothing but the Rain

By: Naomi Salman

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A sleepy little town discovers its memories have become part of the water cycle in Naomi Salman's d… read more

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29. Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope

By: Megan Phelps-Roper

4.16

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

As featured on the BBC documentary, 'The Most Hated Family in America' it was an upbringing in many… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"You know I love you. You know I do. It's not just the idea of you. I know you. You also know I'm not coming to Topeka."

-Megan Phelps-Roper, Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope

"It is disconcerting - shamefully, unimaginably so - to look back and accept that my fellow church members and I were collectively engaging in the most egregious display of logical blindness that I ha…"

-Megan Phelps-Roper, Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope

Cover of Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science by Benjamin Breen

30. Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science

By: Benjamin Breen

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A bold and brilliant revisionist  take on the history of psychedelics in the twentieth century, ill… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Breen's Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science book and Moira Greyland's The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon by Moira Greyland

31. The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon

By: Moira Greyland

3.80

Format: 613 pages, Kindle Edition

Marion Zimmer Bradley was a bestselling science fiction author, a feminist icon, and was awarded th… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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Joyce Carol Oates , Claude Seban

4.08

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Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

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Freya Marske

3.91

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3.94

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Cynthia Carr

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Matt Baume

4.35

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Matt Singer

4.06

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