6 must-read history books like The Game Is Afoot: The Story Of The Sherlock Holmes Films Series, Starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce (The Secret History Of Hollywood Book 2) by Adam Roche

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The Game Is Afoot: The Story Of The Sherlock Holmes Films Series, Starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce (The Secret History Of Hollywood Book 2)

By: Adam Roche

4.02

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films and radio plays, featur…

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1. The Fall of the Governor: Part One (The Walking Dead: Novels, #3)

By: Robert Kirkman , Jay Bonansinga

3.85

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The third book in Robert Kirkman's New York Times bestselling series: The Walking Dead: The Fall of… read more

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  • audiobook
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2. The Moon and Sixpence

By: W. Somerset Maugham

4.13

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerf… read more

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"The writer is more concerned to know than to judge."

-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

"Can the law get blood out of a stone? I haven't any money."

-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

"I shall beat you,' he said, looking at her. How else should I know you loved me,' she answered."

-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

"Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed."

-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

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3. Lost Hearts

By: M.R. James , Danko Krilić

3.60

Format: 332 pages, ebook

The tale tells the story of Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy, who is sent to stay with his much … read more

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4. The Custodian of Marvels (Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire, #3)

By: Rod Duncan

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

You’d have to be mad to steal from the feared International Patent Office. But that’s what Elizabet… read more

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5. The Empty House

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.16

Format: 288 pages, ebook

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  • audiobook
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6. On Canaan's Side

By: Sebastian Barry

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Narrated by Lilly Bere, 'On Canaan's Side' opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The … read more

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7. Rain and Other South Sea Stories

By: W. Somerset Maugham

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

W. Somerset Maugham led many lives, including that of a doctor in London's slums, a successful play… read more

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8. The First Men in the Moon

By: H.G. Wells , China Miéville , Patrick Parrinder , None

4.00

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chanc… read more

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9. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors

By: Dan Jones

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A major new history of the knights Templar--holy warriors, bankers, priests, heretics--by the bests… read more

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10. I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan

By: Steve Coogan , Armando Iannucci , Alan Partridge , Rob Gibbons , Neil Gibbons

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Book by Partridge, Alan. Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder:… read more

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11. Unseemly Science (The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire, Book 2)

By: Rod Duncan

2.83

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

In the divided land of England, Elizabeth Barnabus has been living a double life - as both herself … read more

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12. The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter (The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire, #1)

By: Rod Duncan

4.49

Format: 563 pages, Paperback

Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life--as herself and as her brother, the private detective. She i… read more

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13. Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

By: Sophie Keetch

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric, feminist retelling of the early life of famed villainess Morgan le Fay, set against… read more

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"My name is Morgan. And there aren't enough words for all that I am."

-Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

"Do not apologize, Lady Morgan. Your decorum leaves a little to be desired, but never have I been able to fault your work. Never apologize for seeking further wisdom, or for being remarkable."

-Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

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14. The Debutante

By: Jon Ronson

3.41

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

This is the story of a Tulsa debutante who, as a result of a series of unlikely and often very bad … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

By: Jack Weatherford

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback… read more

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  • nonfiction
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"The first key to leadership is self-control."

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

"Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others."

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

"A leader should demonstrate his thoughts and opinions through his actions, not through his words."

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

"The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to de…"

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

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16. The Secret History of Christmas

By: Bill Bryson

3.84

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

A cornucopia of Christmas delights from the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everyth… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Snow (St. John Strafford, #2)

By: John Banville

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Detective Inspector St. John Strafford has been summoned to County Wexford to investigate a murder.… read more

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"It's an actual fucking library, and there's a body in it!"

-John Banville, Snow (St. John Strafford, #2)

"I'm a priest for Christ's sake - how can this be happening to me?"

-John Banville, Snow (St. John Strafford, #2)

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18. Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown (The Diary of a Bookseller, #3)

By: Shaun Bythell

4.11

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of she… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. This Charming Man (Stranger Times, #2)

By: C.K. McDonnell

4.36

Format: 497 pages, Hardcover

Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping u… read more

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21. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

By: Alan Partridge

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more

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22. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

By: Val McDermid

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the new installment to her historical crime series that began with 1979, internationally bestsel… read more

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24. The Sandman: Act III

By: Dirk Maggs

4.51

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

In Act III, we follow Morpheus on a grand journey to take care of family business. He visits with h… read more

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25. The Stranger Times (Stranger Times, #1)

By: C.K. McDonnell

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stra… read more

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26. From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 3)

By: Alan Partridge

4.34

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Alan returns to the bloated whale that is the modern podcasting industry (come on though, it clearl… read more

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27. The Alchemist of Monsters and Mayhem (An Accidental Alchemist Mystery #7)

By: Gigi Pandian

4.12

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder in a conservatory of carnivorous plants. Bewitching topiary terrors. A sabotaged tea shop. C… read more

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28. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

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29. The Alchemist of Fire and Fortune (An Accidental Alchemist Mystery, #5)

By: Gigi Pandian

4.13

Format: 268 pages, ebook

The Goonies meets Charade in the latest Accidental Alchemist Mystery A blackmailer obsessed with… read more

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30. The Game Is Afoot: The Story Of The Sherlock Holmes Films Series, Starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce (The Secret History Of Hollywood Book 2)

By: Adam Roche

4.02

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films and radio plays, featur… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. The Christmas Party

By: Kathryn Croft

3.15

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

A steamy psychological thriller set at Christmas by #1 bestselling author Kathryn Croft, for fans o… read more

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