11 must-read nonfiction books like Skip College: Launch Your Career Without Debt, Distractions, or a Degree by Connor Boyack

Cover of Skip College: Launch Your Career Without Debt, Distractions, or a Degree by Connor Boyack

Skip College: Launch Your Career Without Debt, Distractions, or a Degree

By: Connor Boyack

4.39

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Tens of millions of Americans owe a combined $1.5 trillion in debt for student loans. Much of this …

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1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

3.91

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies s… read more

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"Liberty! -- Electric word!"

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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2. The Golden Bull

By: Marjorie Cowley

3.47

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

A brother and sister's search for a new life and new home . . .5,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotam… read more

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3. Everyman

By: Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

Everyman is a medieval morality play that was first performed in the late 15th century. The play te… read more

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4. Seeds of Rebellion (Beyonders, #2)

By: Brandon Mull

4.29

Format: 483 pages, Hardcover

The second epic installment of Brandon Mull’s #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy series! Aft… read more

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"Sometimes the best offense was avoiding self-destruction."

-Brandon Mull, Seeds of Rebellion (Beyonders, #2)

"Everyone should get to clobber a princess at least once," Jason said."

-Brandon Mull, Seeds of Rebellion (Beyonders, #2)

"Not that I lack confidence in the outcome," Ferrin said, "but would you consider entrusting the piece of my neck to somebody who is not about to confront one of the most deadly beings in the world?"

-Brandon Mull, Seeds of Rebellion (Beyonders, #2)

"You look tired," Rachel told Jason. "I wish I could jog and sleep at the same time." "Can't you?" Ferrin asked, joining them at the little cascade. "I always imagined that you could sleep rolling dow…"

-Brandon Mull, Seeds of Rebellion (Beyonders, #2)

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5. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

By: John Taylor Gatto

4.15

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

A highly praised bestseller for over a decade, Dumbing Us Down is a radical treatise on public educ… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
"… nothing important can ever really be boring."

-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

"As redes operacionais tornam as pessoas solitárias."

-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

"I assign a type of extended schooling called “homework,"

-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

"Networks like schools are not communities, just as school training is not education."

-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

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6. North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

By: Andrew Peterson

4.55

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

First they found themselves  On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness.  Now they must make their way… read more

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"You call that poetry?"

-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

"She poured her heart into the song and filled it with everything she felt"

-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

"Podo and Leeli finally came back to where the others rested, and though her face still bore the weight of her sorrow, Janner could see that is sister was present. Her eyes didn't see stare into nothi…"

-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

"He was only twelve, but he knew enough to realize that the way before him would be hard. Is it worth it? he asked himself. Was it worth losing his old life in order to learn the truth of who he was a…"

-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

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7. The History of the Bible: The Making of the New Testament Canon

By: Bart D. Ehrman

4.10

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

What different kinds of books are in the New Testament? When, how, and why were they written? And w… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sopho… read more

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9. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more

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10. The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

By: Andrew Peterson , Justin Gerard

4.69

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

Book Three of The Wingfeather Saga Janner Wingfeather's father was the High King of Anniera. But h… read more

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"Sorry, lass. Ye have to seize the teachable moments, you know. Carry on."

-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

"Gnag bends things for breaking, and the Maker makes a flourish! Evil digs a pit, and the Maker makes a well! That is his way."

-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

"He means to make his subjects merciful and wise; sorrow and struggle bringeth both. We will, he tells me, grow by grieving, live by dying, love by losing. The heart itself is the field of battle and …"

-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

"I'll put her in charge of the puppies. I've twelve this week that need tending. How does that suit you?" Leeli's mouth hung open. She tried to say something but instead crumpled to the floor. She had…"

-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

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11. The 12 Week Year

By: Brian P. Moran , Michael Lennington

4.04

Format: 202 pages,

5 hrs and 17 mins The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to 12 weeks Most … read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. The Great Divorce

By: C.S. Lewis

4.31

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more

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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

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13. Nutcracker

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more

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14. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)

By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more

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15. Richard III

By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more

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16. If

By: Amy Carmichael

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

What do you know of Calvary Love? This amazing booklet will help you meditate on God's love and bec… read more

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  • nonfiction

17. The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve

By: G. Edward Griffin

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

Zhong Yang Yin Xing shisutemugababuru, Bu Kuang , inhurewoYin kiQi koshi, Zhan Zheng woHeng Chang H… read more

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18. The Communist Manifesto

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

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19. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

By: Barbara Robinson

4.22

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant… read more

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"I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus."

-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

"When they got to the part about swaddling clothes and the manger, Imogene asked, “You mean they tied him up and put him in a feedbox? Where was the Child Welfare?"

-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

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20. History of the Peloponnesian War

By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Format: 648 pages, Paperback

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

21. Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

By: John Taylor Gatto

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

"Gatto draws on thirty years in the classroom and many years of research as a school reformer. He p… read more

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22. The Rule of Saint Benedict

By: Benedict of Nursia , None

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Composed nearly fifteen hundred years ago by the father of Western monasticism, The Rule of St. Ben… read more

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23. The Golden Goblet

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3.82

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsm… read more

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24. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Corrie ten Boom

3.81

Format: None pages,

At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell… read more

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25. Once Upon a Wardrobe

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

College student Megs Devonshire sets out to fulfill her younger brother George’s last wish by uncov… read more

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"The way stories change us can't be explained,' Padraig says. 'It can only be felt. Like love."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

"Because even with the dark and the light parts and the good parts and the bad parts, dinner must still be served."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

"The fantastic and the imaginative aren't escapism . . . Good stories introduce the marvelous. The whole story, paradoxically, strengthens our relish for real life. This excursion sends us back with r…"

-Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

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26. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

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27. Fast Like a Girl

By: Mindy Pelz

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Includes a 30-Day fasting reset that uses the power of your cycle—even if you no longer have one! … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control by Ryan Holiday

28. Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

By: Ryan Holiday

4.28

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case … read more

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  • nonfiction
"We must master ourselves unless we'd prefer to be mastered by someone or something else."

-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

"We must practice temperance now, in times of plenty, because none of us know what the future holds- only that plenty never lasts."

-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

Cover of Giving Your Words: The Lifegiving Power of a Verbal Home for Family Faith Formation by Sally Clarkson

29. Giving Your Words: The Lifegiving Power of a Verbal Home for Family Faith Formation

By: Sally Clarkson

4.44

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Shaping the hearts, minds, and souls of your children starts with your words. As a parent, your he… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Practical Happiness: A Young Man's Guide to a Contented Life by Bob Schultz

30. Practical Happiness: A Young Man's Guide to a Contented Life

By: Bob Schultz

4.71

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

Behind their brave and independent exteriors young men are searching for answers. Without counsel h… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Skip College: Launch Your Career Without Debt, Distractions, or a Degree by Connor Boyack

31. Skip College: Launch Your Career Without Debt, Distractions, or a Degree

By: Connor Boyack

4.39

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Tens of millions of Americans owe a combined $1.5 trillion in debt for student loans. Much of this … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education

7 best-selling classics books like The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

Transform Your Habits

The Cost of Discipleship

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Great Divorce

C.S. Lewis

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Confessions

Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Orthodoxy

G.K. Chesterton

4.11

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