Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners & Graft in the Queen City (American Palate)
By: Brad Holden
4.16
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Prohibition consumed Seattle, igniting a war that lasted nearly twenty years and played out in the …
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1. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
By: Dashka Slater
3.63
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives f… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
2. A Redbird Christmas
By: Fannie Flagg
4.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe comes her latest New York … read more
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3. It Happened in Seattle: Remarkable Events That Shaped History
By: Steve Pomper
4.15
Format: 447 pages, Paperback
From the great Seattle fire of 1889 to World Trade Organization riots in 1999, thirty events that s… read more
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4. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
By: Daniel James Brown
4.34
Format: 413 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit and Unbroken, the dramatic story of the American rowi… read more
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5. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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- history
- crime
- nonfiction
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
6. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
7. Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)
By: John Scalzi
4.18
Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition
An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human poten… read more
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8. Snow, Glass, Apples
By: Neil Gaiman
4.07
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and C… read more
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"I will not scream. I will not give them that satisfaction. They will have my body, but my soul and my story are my own, and will die with me."-Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples
"Lies and half-truths fall like snow, covering the things that I remember, the things I saw. A landscape, unrecognizable after a snowfall; that is what she has made of my life."-Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples
9. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
10. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
By: Roxanna Asgarian
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more
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- history
- crime
- nonfiction
11. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
By: Amanda Montell
3.85
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultis… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Without language, there are no "cults"."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"Some say people who join cults are “lost."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"With words, we breathe reality into being."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"The nimble direct sales industry always finds a way to reinvent itself - the capitalist cockroach that just won't stop reincarnating."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
12. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
13. Open Throat
By: Henry Hoke
4.01
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A quee… read more
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14. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.06
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collecti… read more
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- nonfiction
"It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in or…"-Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
15. Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
By: Rutger Bregman
4.22
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"You can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you have no boots."-Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
"Whether it’s the growth of the economy, audience shares, publications – slowly but surely, quality is being replaced by quantity. ... And driving it all is a force sometimes called “liberalism,"-Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
"Frankly, there's almost no country on Earth where the American Dream is less likely to come true than in the U.S. of A. Anybody eager to work their way up from rags to riches is better off trying the…"-Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
"True progress begins with something no knowledge economy can produce: wisdom about what it means to live well. We have to do what great thinkers like John Stuart Mill, Bertrand Russell, and John Mayn…"-Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
16. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
By: Barbara Demick
4.45
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"...the strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"In North Korea, you don’t own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"Even in parts of the showcase capital of Pyongyang, you can stroll down the middle of a main street at night without being able to see the buildings on either side."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
17. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
18. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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19. By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
By: Piper Huguley
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The incredible untold story of Ann Lowe, Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress designer, a Black woman who… read more
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"It took one person. One lady with a good heart to see who I was and what I could do in this world."-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
"It has been many years since I let a man kiss me... When our lips met, parts of me that I had forgotten existed, thawed out from neglect and rose back to life like when Jesus was resurrected."-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
"The way she had seen me and treated me, was the way we should all see and treat one another. For to be able to see someone, to see them as a human being, to see them for what they can contribute in t…"-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
"For all of my life, ever since I was a little girl, I thought what I wanted was to be at one of these lovely dinner dances. Well. Now that I'm here, It's been marvelous, but I know that the main thin…"-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
20. Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
By: Jenny Lawson
4.03
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happe… read more
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- nonfiction
"Only monsters call when they could text."-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
"Nothing lasts forever. The good and the bad."-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
"My doctor nodded. “I think you’ll be fine no matter what,"-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
"I’m not sure what the difference is between sleeping and time travel."-Jenny Lawson, Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
21. My Murder
By: Katie Williams
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What if the murder you had to solve was your own? Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable… read more
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- crime
22. Themes and Variations
By: David Sedaris
4.21
Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition
In this Kindle-exclusive essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rew… read more
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- nonfiction
23. Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions
By: Patricia Marx
3.46
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
The perfect Mother's Day gift: A collection of witty one-line advice New Yorker writer Patricia Mar… read more
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- nonfiction
"Some people like meat well done, but they are wrong."-Patricia Marx, Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions
24. You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples
By: Patricia Marx
3.56
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
Everyone’s heard the old advice for a healthy relationship: Never go to bed angry. Play hard to ge… read more
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- nonfiction
25. Flip It Like This!
By: David Hayward
4.48
Format: 134 pages, Hardcover
"A beautiful exploration of deconstructing your conditioned beliefs to become more open, compassion… read more
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26. The Excellent Doctor Blackwell: The life of the first woman physician
By: Julia Boyd
3.47
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
When British-born Elizabeth Blackwell earned her medical degree in America in 1849 there was an int… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
27. Washington's Highway 99 (Images of America: Washington)
By: Chuck Flood
3.60
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
For a century, the route of Highway 99 has been the main transportation corridor in western Washing… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
28. Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
By: Mick Herron
4.28
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Listening Length 10 hours and 50 minutes Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for f… read more
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- crime
"Lowell fell backwards as the world span out of control"-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
"Like most forms of corruption, it began with men in suits."-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
"belief was not actually about believing; belief was simply somewhere to shelve hope"-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
"You either cleaned up other people's messes or you didn't--and that was the class system for you, right there."-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
29. Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners & Graft in the Queen City (American Palate)
By: Brad Holden
4.16
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Prohibition consumed Seattle, igniting a war that lasted nearly twenty years and played out in the … read more
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- history
- crime
- nonfiction
30. The 1964 Flood of Humboldt and del Norte (Images of America: California)
By: Greg Rumney
4.25
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
The 1964 flood in the Eel and Klamath Rivers drainages represents an extreme weather event. Both th… read more
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31. The Bible & LGBTQ Adventists
By: Alicia Johnston
4.41
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
This book is a theological conversation about same-sex marriage, gender, and identity. It challenge… read more
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