All Ships Follow Me: A Family Memoir of War Across Three Continents
By: Mieke Eerkens
4.28
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the spirit of Susan Faludi's In the Darkroom and Edmund de Waal's Hare with the Amber Eyes comes…
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1. The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
By: Edmund de Waal
3.95
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the Rothschilds, who “burned li… read more
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- history
- memoir
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
"The problem is that I am in the wrong century to burn things. I am the wrong generation to let it go."-Edmund de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
"With languages, you can move from one social situation to another. With languages, you are at home anywhere."-Edmund de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
"There are things in this world that the children hear, but whose sounds oscillate below an adult's sense of pitch."-Edmund de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
"Does assimilation mean that they never came up against naked prejudice? Does it mean that you understood where the limits of your social world were and you stuck to them?"-Edmund de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
2. Men We Reaped: A Memoir
By: Jesmyn Ward
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
'...And then we heard the rain falling, and that was the drops of blood falling; and when we came t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"But this grief, for all its awful weight, insists that he matters."-Jesmyn Ward, Men We Reaped: A Memoir
"But my father could be dark too. He was attracted to violence, to the basic beauty of fighting, the way it turned his body and those he fought into meticulously constructed machines."-Jesmyn Ward, Men We Reaped: A Memoir
"Men’s bodies litter my family history. The pain of the women they left behind pulls them from the beyond, makes them appear as ghosts. In death, they transcend he circumstances of this place that I l…"-Jesmyn Ward, Men We Reaped: A Memoir
"Some of them were my friends, and they never took up for me, for Black people, when I was in the room. And according to what some of them told me in private conversation, they didn't when I wasn't in…"-Jesmyn Ward, Men We Reaped: A Memoir
3. The Room on Rue Amelie
By: Kristin Harmel
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this powerful nov… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
- war
"I am not sure about anything. But if we don’t have hope, we don’t have anything."-Kristin Harmel, The Room on Rue Amelie
4. The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
By: Gregory A. Freeman
4.36
Format: None pages,
An astonishing, never-before-told story of the Second World War, based on newly declassified docume… read more
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- history
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
5. Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again
By: Michael J. Fox , Kimberly Williams-Paisley
3.70
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Many know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of theFather o… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
6. The Weight of Ink
By: Rachel Kadish
4.15
Format: 704 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A gifted writer, astonishingly adept… read more
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- historical
"Never underestimate the passion of a lonely mind."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"My grandmother," Ester said, "wished not to trap her love into taking her. She said a heart is a free thing, and once enslaved will mutiny...."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"Then it was only right that she do as her spirit told her, and let the struggle itself answer the question of which was the stronger: her will or her womanly nature."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"A woman such as I is a rocky cliff against which a man tests himself before retreating to safe pastures. I cannot fault any such man as takes what ease the world offers him."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
7. You Should Have Known
By: Jean Hanff Korelitz
3.80
Format: 654 pages, Hardcover
Grace Reinhart Sachs is living the only life she ever wanted for herself, devoted to her husband, a… read more
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8. The Dog Stars
By: Peter Heller
3.67
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. Now his wife is gone, his frie… read more
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9. Truth and Beauty
By: Ann Patchett
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ann Patchett and the late Lucy Grealy met in college in 1981, and, after enrolling in the Iowa Writ… read more
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10. The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
By: Vivian Gornick
3.29
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A guide to the art of personal writing, by the author of Fierce Attachmentsand The End of the Novel… read more
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11. Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
By: Jamie Loftus
3.92
Format: 301 pages, Hardcover
Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique―comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
"WE NEED MORE WOMEN PRIESTS! a billboard declares a few miles outside of Buffalo, a new cursed addition to a folder in my Google Drive called 'feminism except not really."-Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
12. Hang the Moon
By: Jeannette Walls
3.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition. Most folk … read more
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- historical
- family
13. The Lost Summers of Newport
By: Beatriz Williams
3.71
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White--a nov… read more
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- historical
14. Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story
By: Max Marshall
3.50
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, le… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
15. Our Darkest Night
By: Jennifer Robson
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer’s wife in this unfor… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
- war
16. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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- history
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
17. Easy Beauty
By: Chloé Cooper Jones
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From Chloé Cooper Jones—Pulitzer Prize finalist, philosophy professor, Whiting Creative Nonfiction … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Beauty is what we're told is beautiful and what we're told becomes the truth."-Chloé Cooper Jones, Easy Beauty
"Maybe then I would submit to it's rigid ideals if I were recognized as worthy of experiencing them."-Chloé Cooper Jones, Easy Beauty
"I care if you are happy. I'm in love with your happiness. My focus is on how you feel not what you do."-Chloé Cooper Jones, Easy Beauty
"You could have made me come home," I say. "No, I can only try to be the person you want to come home to."-Chloé Cooper Jones, Easy Beauty
18. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
By: Douglas Preston
3.81
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- adventure
19. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
By: Edward Chisholm
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
20. Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
By: Noé Álvarez
3.51
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The son of working-class Mexican immigrants flees a life of labor in fruit-packing plants to run in… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- adventure
21. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
22. We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
By: Laura McKowen
4.33
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
"A masterpiece. The truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I’ve read. It’s goin… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Maybe it’s helpful to linger there for a minute, in the terrible and the necessary. To start to see them as the same. Maybe in this way, pain is not such a problem"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
"The typical question is, Is this bad enough for me to have to change? The question we should be asking is, Is this good enough for me to stay the same? And the real question underneath it all is, Am …"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
"The truest story - the one that will always be truest - is that I am a human being, being human. Sometimes, I am my best self. Sometimes, not so much. But goddamn, I am trying to do better. I am alwa…"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
"Lying and withholding is the cheapest, easiest way to control others. You control their perception, control their response to you, control who you need them to be, In telling the truth, I was surrend…"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
23. The Paris Secret
By: Natasha Lester
4.47
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Orphan comes an unforgettable historical no… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
- war
"-I feel like I'm a thousand years old, Skye."-Natasha Lester, The Paris Secret
"...what was the point of dying if you never loved?"-Natasha Lester, The Paris Secret
"There are certain sacrifices that will never be repaid."-Natasha Lester, The Paris Secret
"It was much easier to be what everyone wanted her to be: just a simple woman."-Natasha Lester, The Paris Secret
24. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
By: Bill Maher
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
25. The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
By: Jeff Sharlet
4.02
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An unmatched guide to the religious dimensions of American politics, Jeff Sharlet journeys into cor… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
26. Cloistered: My Years as a Nun
By: Catherine Coldstream
3.71
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered t… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
27. The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
By: Elizabeth White
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg—a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands o… read more
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- history
- memoir
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
"People are not fully defined by either the best or the worst of their actions"-Elizabeth White, The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
28. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
By: A.J. Jacobs
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
29. The Glassmaker
By: Tracy Chevalier
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more
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- historical
- family
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
30. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.68
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision … read more
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- nonfiction
31. All Ships Follow Me: A Family Memoir of War Across Three Continents
By: Mieke Eerkens
4.28
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the spirit of Susan Faludi's In the Darkroom and Edmund de Waal's Hare with the Amber Eyes comes… read more
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- history
- memoir
- adventure
- historical
- asia
- war
- world war ii
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