The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson: A Battle for Racial Justice at the Dawn of the Civil Rights Era
By: Chris Joyner
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Investigative reporter Chris Joyner reveals the true story of Clarence Henderson, a Black sharecrop…
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1. Becoming MomStrong: How to Fight with All That's in You for Your Family and Your Faith
By: Heidi St. John
4.35
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Have you ever looked into the faces of the people who call you "mom" and wondered what in the world… read more
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- nonfiction
2. The Journalist and the Murderer
By: Janet Malcolm , Ian Jack
3.84
Format: 135 pages,
In The Journalist And The Murderer, Janet Malcolm examines the psychopathology of journalism. She d… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
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4. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
By: Imani Perry
3.97
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
"So I went deeper into an archive of historical memory, hoping to sort it out"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"And yes, slavery was abolished, Jim Crow is over, but the prisons, the persistence of poverty, are constant reminders of how the past made the present."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"What, by analogy, happens to the family of the university, or the town, or the state, or the Old Dominion, or the nation itself, given what has been built into its creation?"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
5. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
By: Adam Hochschild
4.21
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
6. The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides
By: Adam Nicolson
3.51
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Few places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise. In the sea is… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The sea is not made of water. Creatures are its genes."-Adam Nicolson, The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides
7. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
9. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
By: Neil Bradbury
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more
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- crime
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- true crime
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
10. Death and Croissants (A Follet Valley Mystery, #1)
By: Ian Moore
3.27
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the fictional Val de Follet in the Loire Vall… read more
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- crime
11. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
By: Jeff Guinn
4.06
Format: None pages, Audiobook
“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
- history
- true crime
12. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
By: Clint Smith
4.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
"How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the State of Virginia ,"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Jefferson believed himself to be a benevolent slave owner, but his moral ideals came second to, and were always entangled with, his own economic interests and the interests of his family."-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"But not enough people spoke about the reasons so many black children grow up communities saturated with poverty and violence. Not enough people spoke about how these realities were the result of deci…"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
14. Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
By: Harley Rustad
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on t… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- true crime
15. While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students
By: J. Reuben Appelman
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “Univers… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
16. The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands
By: Jon Billman
3.69
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
The critically acclaimed author and journalist Jon Billman's fascinating, in-depth look at people w… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
- history
- true crime
17. Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
By: Jefferson R. Cowie
4.50
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning historian chronicles a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedom to oppres… read more
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- race
- history
"His body "was the corporeal archive of his pugnacious soul. The bullet [from a duel] caused him 'violent pain' on a regular basis, with bouts of blood gurgling into his mouth as well as probable pois…"-Jefferson R. Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
18. 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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- race
- history
19. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
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- nonfiction
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
20. I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
By: Carol Leonnig
4.39
Format: 476 pages, Kindle Edition
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller | A Washington Post Notable Book | One of NPR's Best Books… read more
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- crime
- history
- true crime
21. Small Mercies
By: Dennis Lehane
4.29
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —a… read more
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22. The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth
By: Sam Quinones
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Apple Best Books of 2021 * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction * Long… read more
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- crime
- history
23. Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
By: Billy Jensen
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked? Put together the pi… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
- history
- true crime
"The thought makes my teeth gnash and my lip snarl and my jaw fill with a scream. A scream that always has the same chorus. What they took away, seemingly so easily, was a person. "This was a person!"…"-Billy Jensen, Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
24. Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
By: Keith O'Brien
4.40
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
The staggering story of an unlikely band of mothers in the 1970s who discovered Hooker Chemical's d… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- true crime
25. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
By: Steven Johnson
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
- history
- true crime
26. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
27. Death and Fromage (Follet Valley Mystery, #2)
By: Ian Moore
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A laugh-out-loud mystery perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club Richard is a middle-aged Engl… read more
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28. White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland
By: Dick Lehr
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
For fans of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, the thrilling true story of a would-be terrorist attack again… read more
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- race
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
29. Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith
By: Obery M. Hendricks Jr.
4.23
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
A timely and galvanizing work that examines how right-wing evangelical Christians have veered from … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
30. The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System
By: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
" The Black Agenda mobilizes top Black experts from across the country to share transformative pers… read more
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- nonfiction
31. The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson: A Battle for Racial Justice at the Dawn of the Civil Rights Era
By: Chris Joyner
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Investigative reporter Chris Joyner reveals the true story of Clarence Henderson, a Black sharecrop… read more
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- history
- true crime
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