10 Top historical books like Olio Live by Tyehimba Jess

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Olio Live

By: Tyehimba Jess

3.69

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

The word "olio" means a hodgepodge, or a miscellaneous collection of literary or musical selections…

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1. Masquerade (Blue Bloods, #2)

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.91

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Schuyler Van Alen is starting to get more comfortable with her newfound vampire powers, but she sti… read more

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"Never trust a shiny surface. They hide a multitude of flaws."

-Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade (Blue Bloods, #2)

"Humans were not to be toyed with, they were to be respected."

-Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade (Blue Bloods, #2)

"A mind is like a puzzle; you must unlock it to read its hidden secrets."

-Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade (Blue Bloods, #2)

"You may be to call up the entire encyclopedia, but a brain with no heart and no reasoning .. well, nothing is more meaningless."

-Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade (Blue Bloods, #2)

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2. These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim s… read more

Similar categories in Laura Ingalls Wilder's These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8) book and Tyehimba Jess's Olio Live

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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3. Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods, #1)

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When the Mayflower set sail in 1620, it carried on board the men and women who would shape America:… read more

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4. Revelations (Blue Bloods, #3)

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.14

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Schuyler Van Alen's blood legacy has just been called into question: is the young vampire in fact a… read more

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5. Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula

By: Bram Stoker , None , Dacre Stoker , Valdimar Ásmundsson , None

4.37

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Powers of Darknessis an incredible literary discovery: In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Vald… read more

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6. The Dispatcher

By: John Scalzi , Zachary Quinto

4.57

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 2 hours and 18 minutes One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible t… read more

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7. The Burnout Generation

By: Anne Helen Petersen

3.18

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

1 hora y 47 minutos. In January 2019, culture writer Anne Helen Petersen set the Internet on fir… read more

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  • audiobook
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8. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

By: Michael Pollan

3.72

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Listening time = 2h 2m Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was f… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
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9. Midnight Son

By: James Dommek Jr.

3.60

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

In the vast Alaskan Arctic, legend has it there once lived a mythic tribe - Iñukuns. But now Inukun… read more

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  • audiobook
"I remember waking up and seeing the story on the morning news. The headlines read “Alaska Native Actor – Fugitive, Manhunt, Troopers, At Large. I thought, this guy is either gonna die in a shoot out …"

-James Dommek Jr., Midnight Son

"People tend to misspell my English name, but they 100% of the time misspell my Inupiaq name: ??Milukruk??. It means: Warrior Who Pulls Arrows Out of Own Body and Fires Back at Enemy. I’m messing wit…"

-James Dommek Jr., Midnight Son

"The experience that Mr. Smith had is a cultural and spiritual experience, that turned out very badly, but, it’s a cultural experience, not a mental illness. He is no more mentally ill than any other …"

-James Dommek Jr., Midnight Son

"You never hear white people vouching for our spiritual experiences. It’s like we don’t get to have these anymore. The missionaries took those away and told us they were evil. Instead they told us sto…"

-James Dommek Jr., Midnight Son

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10. Eight Winter Nights (Winter Nights #1)

By: Liz Maverick

3.42

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Cozy up with this warm, festive rom com novella about being true to your heart, the friendships tha… read more

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  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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11. A Timeless Christmas

By: Alexis Stanton

3.81

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

They’re from two different centuries, but they’re perfect for each other. Megan Turner is in lo… read more

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  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
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12. Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues (Mystic Bayou, #3)

By: Molly Harper

3.51

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 3 hours and 3 minutes A hilarious new standalone novella brimming with otherwo… read more

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  • audiobook
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13. The River's Edge (Jackman & Evans, #10)

By: Joy Ellis

4.52

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

A series of gruesome murders on the Lincolnshire fens. An old enemy from the past. A deadly game of… read more

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  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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14. Tell Me Lies

By: J.P. Pomare

3.75

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for Ned Kelly Best Crime Novel. Shortlisted for Ngaio Marsh Best Crime Novel. Marg… read more

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  • audiobook
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15. Lucky Suit (The Guys Who Got Away, #6)

By: Lauren Blakely

3.46

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 2 hours and 25 minutes Kristen Leonard is done with setups. She’s not interest… read more

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  • audiobook
  • contemporary
Cover of A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs by Ben Garrod

16. A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

By: Ben Garrod

3.93

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 2 hours and 42 minutes Most children go through a dinosaur phase. Learning all… read more

Similar categories in Ben Garrod's A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs book and Tyehimba Jess's Olio Live

  • historical
  • audiobook
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17. Evil Eye

By: Madhuri Shekar

4.01

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Pallavi is an aspiring writer living in California. Her mother, Usha, is thousands of miles away in… read more

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  • plays
  • audiobook
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18. Folsom Untold: The Strange True Story of Johnny Cash's Greatest Album

By: Danny Robins

3.43

Format: 120 pages, Audible Audio

This is the story of one of the greatest records ever made - Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison - and its… read more

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  • music
  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of Evil Has a Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation by Paul Holes

19. Evil Has a Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation

By: Paul Holes

4.44

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

The Golden State Killer. The East Area Rapist. The Original Night Stalker. The Visalia Ransacker. … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Malcolm and Me by Ishmael Reed

20. Malcolm and Me

By: Ishmael Reed

3.15

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

In 1960, Ishmael Reed, then an aspiring young writer, interviewed Malcolm X for a local radio stati… read more

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  • historical
  • african american
  • audiobook
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21. Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World (Rivals #1)

By: Scott McCormick

3.84

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

"Each volume of four 30-minute histories will dig into the petty name-calling and grumbling grudges… read more

Similar categories in Scott McCormick's Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World (Rivals #1) book and Tyehimba Jess's Olio Live

  • historical
  • audiobook
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22. The Chekhov Collection of Short Stories

By: Anton Chekhov

3.84

Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio

Whilst Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) is perhaps best for his plays such as Uncle Vanya and The Seagull,… read more

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  • audiobook
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23. Black Crow, White Snow

By: Michael Livingston

3.00

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

In a world where women hold all the power and men have barely been an afterthought, an intrepid shi… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Home Front: Life in America During World War II by Dan Gediman

24. The Home Front: Life in America During World War II

By: Dan Gediman

4.13

Format: 8 pages, Audible Audio

Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Martin Sheen, The Home Front: Life in America During World War… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
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25. Carnival Row: Tangle in the Dark

By: Stephanie K. Smith

3.33

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 3 hours and 8 minutes Tourmaline Larou lives an idyllic life of learning by da… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson

26. The Half-Life of Marie Curie

By: Lauren Gunderson

3.92

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

In 1912, scientist Marie Curie spent two months on the British seaside at the home of Hertha Ayrton… read more

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  • historical
  • plays
  • audiobook
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27. Body Of Proof

By: Darrell Brown

3.43

Format: 10 pages, Audible Audio

A woman disappeared. A man was convicted. Case closed? Body of Proof, a true crime podcast, exam… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

28. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Pelosi's The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House book and Tyehimba Jess's Olio Live

  • historical
  • audiobook
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29. 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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30. Olio Live

By: Tyehimba Jess

3.69

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

The word "olio" means a hodgepodge, or a miscellaneous collection of literary or musical selections… read more

Similar categories in Tyehimba Jess's Olio Live book and Tyehimba Jess's Olio Live

  • music
  • poetry
  • american
  • historical
  • theatre
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • plays
  • audiobook
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31. Cher: The Memoir, Part One

By: Cher

4.47

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE IS ONLY ONE CHER … … and for seven decades she has been showing us why. Cher holds the att… read more

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  • music
  • audiobook

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