13 Best nonfiction books like Fool: In Search of Henry VIII's Closest Man by Peter K. Andersson

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Fool: In Search of Henry VIII's Closest Man

By: Peter K. Andersson

3.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first biography of Henry VIII’s court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of th…

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1. A Night in the Lonesome October

By: Gahan Wilson , Roger Zelazny , James Warhola

4.18

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

All is not what it seems… In the murky London gloom, a knife-wielding gentleman named Jack prowl… read more

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2. Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time, #13)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Robert Jordan

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The end draws near.... The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One's prison are crumblin… read more

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3. Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)

By: Robert Jordan

3.78

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

In the tenth book of The Wheel of Time from the New York Times #1 bestselling author Robert Jordan,… read more

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"Sometimes, pain is all that lets you know you're alive."

-Robert Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)

"If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third."

-Robert Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)

"The surface of the water may be still, but the fish never stop swimming."

-Robert Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)

"When you knew you were going to hang, the only thing to do was grin at the noose."

-Robert Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)

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4. The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)

By: Philippa Gregory

4.42

Format: 718 pages,

Philippa Gregory presents the first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as t… read more

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5. The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Robert Jordan

4.43

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to … read more

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"Women,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"Then why let me go?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"So I believe you’ve told me,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"Then how did you end up here?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

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6. A Month in the Country

By: J.L. Carr , Michael Holroyd

3.76

Format: None pages,

In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken ma… read more

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7. Erasure

By: Percival Everett

3.62

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more

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8. Grant

By: Ron Chernow

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more

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9. To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918

By: Adam Hochschild

3.82

Format: 160 pages,

World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanati… read more

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10. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

By: John Guy

4.16

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . .  Hunting the Falcon  brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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11. The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd

By: Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos

3.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Capta… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

By: Judi Dench

4.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

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13. Whale Fall

By: Elizabeth O'Connor

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more

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14. The End of Men

By: Christina Sweeney-Baird

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Set in a world where a virus stalks our male population, The End of Men is an electrifying and unfo… read more

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"No one handed me any of this. I built this weird, challenging, rewarding life in London for myself. Why not me?"

-Christina Sweeney-Baird, The End of Men

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15. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

By: Fintan O'Toole

4.34

Format: 616 pages, Hardcover

A quarter-century after Frank McCourt’s extraordinary bestseller, Angela’s Ashes, Fintan O’Toole, o… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"They opened a place in Irishness for the diasporas that were, in many ways, the truest products of its history. It brought home the reality that had been obscured in the idea of emigration as tragedy…"

-Fintan O'Toole, We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

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16. Northwind (Robert Hoon Thrillers, #1)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.52

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Former soldier. Ex-copper. Current man on the edge. Shunned by his old colleagues, and dividing … read more

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17. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more

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"Love shared is no sin."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

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18. The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England's Most Famous Dynasty

By: Sarah Gristwood

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sarah Gristwood's The Tudors in Love offers a brilliant history of the Tudor dynasty, showing how t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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19. Cahokia Jazz

By: Francis Spufford

4.03

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently—from th… read more

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20. Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

By: Barbara Weisberg

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Shocking revelations of a wife’s adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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21. Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain

By: Amy Jeffs

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

By the bestselling author of Storyland.Sheer cliffs, salt spray, explosive sea spume, thunderous cl… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. The Bullet Swallower

By: Elizabeth Gonzalez James

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The… read more

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23. The Golem of Brooklyn

By: Adam Mansbach

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated t… read more

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24. Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided

By: Scott Eyman

4.12

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

The “shocking” (The Wall Street Journal), must-read story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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25. The Night of the Storm

By: Nishita Parekh

3.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Nishita Parekh, a fresh take on the classic locked-room thriller, about a multige… read more

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26. Une sortie honorable

By: Éric Vuillard

3.80

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

La guerre d'Indochine est l'une des plus longues guerres modernes. Pourtant, dans nos manuels scola… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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27. The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club

By: Christopher de Hamel

4.22

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The Manuscripts Men tells of twelve men and women, from the eleventh century to the twentieth, who … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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28. The American Revolution: A Visual History (DK Definitive Visual Histories)

By: James C. Bradford

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Uncover the remarkable story of the American Revolution! Who were the Redcoats, and what was the Bo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

By: Dan Jones

4.61

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unpa… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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30. Fool: In Search of Henry VIII's Closest Man

By: Peter K. Andersson

3.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first biography of Henry VIII’s court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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31. Blood Test: A Comedy

By: Charles Baxter

3.35

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and “one of our most gifted writers” (Chicago Tribune) com… read more

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3.29

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Judi Dench

4.56

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4.34

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