5 must-read biography books like On Leopard Rock by Wilbur Smith

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On Leopard Rock

By: Wilbur Smith

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The first ever memoir from the Number One global bestselling adventure author Wilbur Smith has liv…

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1. The Scarpetta Factor (Kay Scarpetta, #17)

By: Patricia Cornwell

3.74

Format: 494 pages, Hardcover

It is the week before Christmas and Dr Kay Scarpetta has offered her services pro bono to New York … read more

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  • audiobook
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2. Jock of the Bushveld

By: J. Percy FitzPatrick

4.08

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Jock of the Bushveld, published in 1907, has been read and enjoyed by millions of children and is n… read more

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  • africa
  • adventure
"... fortune holds some gifts in store for those who try"

-J. Percy FitzPatrick, Jock of the Bushveld

"... fortune is not in time or place or things; but, good or bad, in the man’s own self for him alone to find and prove."

-J. Percy FitzPatrick, Jock of the Bushveld

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3. Best Kept Secret (The Clifton Chronicles, #3)

By: Jeffrey Archer

4.03

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in Jeffrey Archer’s compelling saga, the Clifton Chronicles 1945. The vote in th… read more

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  • audiobook
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4. Sharpe's Escape (Sharpe, #10)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tenth installment in the world-renowne… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adventure
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5. 10 lb Penalty

By: Dick Francis

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Benedict Juliard is an aspiring jockey who must bypass his dreams of horse racing to help his fathe… read more

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  • audiobook
"People always kill Caesar. Don't trust anyone."

-Dick Francis, 10 lb Penalty

"It's people with obsessions who do the real harm in the world."

-Dick Francis, 10 lb Penalty

"But what do you say if you're asked a direct question and you can't tell the truth and you can't tell a lie?' 'You say “how very interesting"

-Dick Francis, 10 lb Penalty

"Silly,' he said with mock serenity, 'isn't a word you should ever apply to people. They may be totally stupid, in fact, but if you call them silly you've lost their vote."

-Dick Francis, 10 lb Penalty

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6. Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family

By: Cameron Bloom , Bradley Trevor Greive

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Penguin Bloom is an extraordinary true story full of hope and courage, featuring Cameron Bloom's ex… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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7. No Comebacks

By: Frederick Forsyth , Ib Christiansen

3.82

Format: 199 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Here are ten suspenseful, serpentine stories of betrayal, blackmail, murder, and revenge... all cul… read more

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8. Fire And Ice (Liam Campbell, #1)

By: Dana Stabenow

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Newenham, Alaska, is a long way from the big-city comforts of Anchorage, where Sergeant Liam Campbe… read more

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9. Popcorn

By: Ben Elton

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Bruce shoots movies. Wayne and Scout shoot to kill. In a single night they find out the hard way wh… read more

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10. The Woodlanders

By: Thomas Hardy , Patricia Ingham

2.84

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

In this classically simple tale of the disastrous impact of outside life on a secluded community in… read more

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11. Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle

By: Declan Power

3.98

Format: 480 pages,

The Irish soldier has never been a stranger to fighting the enemy with the odds stacked against him… read more

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  • africa
  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. The Railway Man

By: Eric Lomax

3.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and w… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction

13. Shattered

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

After his friend is killed in a horse-racing accident, up-and-coming glass artisan Gerard Logan fin… read more

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14. Enigma

By: Robert Harris

3.92

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

A gripping World War II mystery novel with a cryptographic twist, Enigma's hero is Tom Jericho, a b… read more

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15. Nothing Gold Can Stay (Liam Campbell, #3)

By: Dana Stabenow

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Shocked by a series of brutal, unexplainable murders, Alaska State Trooper Liam Campbell embarks on… read more

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16. The Eagle's Conquest (Eagle, #2)

By: Simon Scarrow

3.55

Format: None pages, Paperback

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17. The Eagle and the Wolves (Eagle, #4)

By: Simon Scarrow

3.55

Format: None pages,

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18. The Good Soldiers

By: David Finkel

3.15

Format: 252 pages,

It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new… read more

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19. Under the Eagle (Eagle, #1)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

Simon Scarrow's brilliant adventure novels about the Roman army appear with stunning new covers. It… read more

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20. Ordinary Thunderstorms

By: William Boyd

3.50

Format: 134 pages,

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21. Eastgate (Robert Hoon Thrillers #4)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.63

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Former Detective Superintendent, Bob Hoon, has had one hell of a year. After being repeatedly be… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Abel. Un western metafisico by Alessandro Baricco

22. Abel. Un western metafisico

By: Alessandro Baricco

3.47

Format: 160 pages, ebook

Dopo La sposa giovane, Alessandro Baricco torna al romanzo con una storia spirituale, sapienziale, … read more

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"Di tutta la vita che si è vissuta e si vivrà - a saper aspettare, e prima che tutto si dissolva - si incontra il racconto, in attimi speciali, sulla propria strada"

-Alessandro Baricco, Abel. Un western metafisico

"Quella volta, Joshua mi rivelò un segreto che poi, come un seme, sarebbe germogliato in me, nel tempo di molti anni e molti dolorosi pensieri. Disse che dovevo stare molto attento perché sebbene la v…"

-Alessandro Baricco, Abel. Un western metafisico

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23. Deserves to Be Dead (The MatchUp Collection)

By: Lisa Jackson

4.09

Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. read more

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24. The Pavilion in the Clouds

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1938 and the final days of the British Empire. In a bungalow high up in the green hills above… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina

25. The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

By: Ian Urbina

4.36

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Slavery is a harsh reality thatmour better angels would like to think ended two centuries ago, when many countries passed laws against such bondage withing their borders. But this sort of bondage is …"

-Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

"This fantasy that it is possible to fish sustainably, legally, and using workers with contracts, making a living wage, and still deliver a five-ounce can of skipjack tuna for $2.50 that ends up on th…"

-Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

Cover of Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather by Mark Seal

26. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather

By: Mark Seal

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dark Flood (Benny Griessel, #7) by Deon Meyer

27. The Dark Flood (Benny Griessel, #7)

By: Deon Meyer

4.39

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From internationally acclaimed crime writer Deon Meyer, a new thriller featuring superstar detectiv… read more

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  • africa
  • audiobook
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28. Mike Nichols: A Life

By: Mark Harris

4.48

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment histor… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cull (Sonja Kurtz, #3) by Tony Park

29. The Cull (Sonja Kurtz, #3)

By: Tony Park

4.05

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A heart-racing thriller from the master of adventureOne mission ... countless enemies. Former merce… read more

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  • africa
Cover of On Leopard Rock by Wilbur Smith

30. On Leopard Rock

By: Wilbur Smith

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The first ever memoir from the Number One global bestselling adventure author Wilbur Smith has liv… read more

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  • africa
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • adventure
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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31. Opal (DS Walker #3)

By: Patricia Wolf

4.23

Format: None pages, ebook

A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them. DS Lucas Walker is off duty. H… read more

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3.74

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Jeffrey Archer

4.03

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4.17

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3.83

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Pip Williams

4.07

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