5 Best memoir books like Nino and Me: My Unusual Friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia by Bryan A. Garner

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Nino and Me: My Unusual Friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia

By: Bryan A. Garner

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From legal expert and veteran author Bryan Garner comes a unique, intimate, and compelling memoir o…

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1. The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

By: Wayne Coffey , Jim Craig , Ken Morrow

4.21

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which  Sports Illustrat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The most enduring heroes are people who don't try to be."

-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

"You push on, do your best, and if you are really brave, you dream big, doubts and fears be damned. This is the stuff that miracles are made of, and the proof was there to see, on February 22, 1980."

-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

"You can't look back. You can't dial up euphoria on demand, or try to recreate what happened a quarter century ago. You move forward and you live your life and try to be a better person every day than…"

-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

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2. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Roger Garland

3.81

Format: 75 pages, Hardcover

This adventure book tells of Tom's encounters with the River-woman's beautiful daughter, Old Man Wi… read more

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"Para siempre un mensajero, Un viajero demorado, Errante como una pluma, Un marinero guiado por el viento."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

"There is an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill, And there they brew a beer so brown That the Man in the Moon himself came down one night to drink his fill."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

"There was a merry passenger, a messenger, a mariner: he built a gilded gondola to wander in, and had in her a load of yellow oranges and porridge for his provender; he perfumed her with marjoram and …"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

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3. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

By: Mary Beard

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

By: Iain M. Banks

4.28

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

The Culture - a humanoid/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players. One of … read more

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"Escape is a commodity like anything else"

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

"Escape is a commodity like anything else."

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

"This is the story of a man who went far away for a long time, just to play a game. The man is a game-player called “Gurgeh."

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

"The ship told you a guilty system recognises no innocents. I’d say it does. It recognises the innocence of a young child, for example, and you saw how they treated that. In a sense it even recognises…"

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

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5. Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon B. Johnson, cont… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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6. Antony And Cleopatra

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A masterfully told--and deeply human--story of love, politics, and ambition, Adrian Goldsworthy's A… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

7. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity

By: Ryan Holiday , Stephen Hanselman

3.92

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully packaged, gifty daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, from the author of The Obstacle is … read more

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8. Tree and Leaf: Includes Mythopoeia and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

This volume is a provocative and entertaining collection of works which reveals the diversity of J.… read more

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9. Scalia's Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents

By: Antonin Scalia , Kevin A. Ring

3.99

Format: 32 pages,

The sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia shook America. After almost thirty years on the Suprem… read more

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10. Shoeless Joe

By: W.P. Kinsella

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“If you build it, he will come.” These mysterious words inspire Ray Kinsella to create a cornfi… read more

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"I'm not trying to bleed you. I want to renew you."

-W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe

"Any game becomes important when you know and love the players."

-W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe

"Serenity is a very elusive quality. I've been trying all my life to find it."

-W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe

"I am more than a little jealous that the wonder I am party to has been sprinkled over Salinger's gray head."

-W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe

11. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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12. All the King's Men

By: Robert Penn Warren

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

More than just a classic political novel, Warren's tale of power and corruption in the Depression-e… read more

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13. He Leadeth Me

By: Walter J. Ciszek , Daniel L. Flaherty , Walter Ciszek

4.63

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

He Leadeth Me is the deeply moving personal story of one man's spiritual odyssey and the unflagging… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Solo puedo describir la experiencia de conversión como una sensación de «dejarse llevar», de renunciar a todo esfuerzo o incluso a mi deseo de tomar las riendas de mi propia vida. Aunque suene demasi…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"La humildad significa eso: aprender a aceptar el desánimo e incluso la derrota como enviados por Dios; aprender a perseverar y seguir adelante con el corazón en paz y confiando en Dios, seguros de qu…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"Durante esos largos de años de soledad y sufrimiento, Dios me condujo a una comprensión de la vida y de su amor que solo quienes la han experimentado son capaces de entender. Me despojó de muchos de …"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"Quizá Dios tenga que recordarnos con tremenda claridad que eso es exactamente lo que quería decirnos con esas palabras aparentemente tan simples del Sermón de la Montaña: «No estéis preocupados por v…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

14. It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership

By: Tony Koltz , Colin Powell

3.69

Format: None pages, ebook

It Worked for Me is filled with vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped the legendar… read more

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15. The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

By: Patrick Rothfuss

4.07

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-o… read more

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"Laughter was the true applause you offered to the world for being beautiful."

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

"But this? Convincing someone of the truth they were too twisted up to see? How could Bast begin to loosen such a knot? It was baffling. These creatures, fraught and frayed in their desire. A snake wo…"

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

"What he was asking for was, effectively, a story without all the conflict. Without tension and animosity. Without many of the things I'd been taught were essential to storytelling. This wasn't a tota…"

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

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16. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. The Nineties

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.87

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

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18. The Devil's Hand (Terminal List, #4)

By: Jack Carr

4.45

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

It’s been 20 years since 9/11. Two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and em… read more

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19. True Believer (Terminal List, #2)

By: Jack Carr

4.34

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

In acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skil… read more

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"To those before us, to those amongst us, to those we'll see on the other side, Lord let me not prove unworthy of my brothers."

-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)

"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon, and he made his web gear…"

-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)

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20. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

By: Nina Totenberg

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal succes… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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21. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

By: Sebastian Mallaby

4.43

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year  Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Ec… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The first notable spinout was Kathy Xu, another woman who managed to flourish in China's venture industry. Rather than studying in the United States, Xu had experienced U.S. instruction at Nanjing Un…"

-Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

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22. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

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23. The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)

By: William H. McRaven

4.42

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of  Make Your Bed —a short, inspirational book of advice and… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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25. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original

By: Howard Bryant

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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26. Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

By: Benjamin Dreyer

4.35

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

A witty, informative guide to writing "good English" from Random House's longtime copy chief and on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
"I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up, which is a problem when you've already grown up"

-Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

"And that’s often the problem, isn’t it? In writing and in so many things: that we accept things we’re taught without thinking about them at all."

-Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

"He implied without saying." ...I scarcely had the heart to cross out "without quite saying" and to note in the margin, politely and succinctly, ""

-Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

"As a lexicographer friend once confided over sushi, the dictionary takes its cues from use: If writers don’t change things, the dictionary doesn’t change things."

-Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

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27. Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936-1986

By: James Rosen

4.29

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling historian and journalist James Rosen provides the first comprehensive account of th… read more

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  • law
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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28. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

Cover of Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived by Antonin Scalia

29. Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived

By: Antonin Scalia

4.39

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

This definitive collection of beloved Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's finest speeches covers… read more

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  • law
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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30. Nino and Me: My Unusual Friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia

By: Bryan A. Garner

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From legal expert and veteran author Bryan Garner comes a unique, intimate, and compelling memoir o… read more

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  • biography
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  • nonfiction
  • writing
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31. War

By: Bob Woodward

4.43

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."

-Bob Woodward, War

"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"

-Bob Woodward, War

"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"

-Bob Woodward, War

"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"

-Bob Woodward, War

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4.21

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Mary Beard

3.59

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Robert A. Caro

4.36

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4.17

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4.12

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3.26

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