12 best-selling biography books like A Generous Pour: Tall Tales from the Backroom of Jimmy Kelly's by Mike Kelly

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A Generous Pour: Tall Tales from the Backroom of Jimmy Kelly's

By: Mike Kelly

4.21

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Jimmy Kelly’s Steak House, Nashville's oldest fine restaurant, and the family who star…

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1. A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

By: Jimmy Carter

3.84

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, international humanitarian, fisherm… read more

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2. The Widow of the South

By: Robert Hicks

4.16

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

Tennessee, 1864. On a late autumn day, near a little town called Franklin, 10,000 men will soon lie… read more

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3. The Elephant Whisperer

By: None , Graham Spence , Lawrence Anthony

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants… read more

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4. Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

By: Carolina Maria de Jesus , None

4.47

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

O diário da catadora de papel Carolina Maria de Jesus deu origem à este livro, que relata o cotidia… read more

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"Why is it that the saints of June are honored with fire?"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"A noite está tépida. O céu está salpicado de estrelas. Eu que sou exótica gostaria de recortar um pedaço do céu para fazer um vestido"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"Eskiden unlu maddeler pahalı idi. Şimdi de pirinç ve fasulye onları gölgede bıraktı.Yeni zenginler gibi asillerin tarafına geçtiler. Demek siz de, fasulye ve pirinç, bizi terkettiniz?"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"Skeçler yazıp sirk müdürüne götürdüm. Bana, "Ne yazık ki zencisiniz." diye cevap verdiler. Kıvırcık saçlarımla, esmer tenimi ne kadar sevdiğimi unutuyorlar halbuki. Hatta zencilerin saçlarını beyazla…"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

5. Night Music

By: Jojo Moyes

4.67

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

The Spanish House is known to locals as an architectural folly, and it is now nearly derelict to bo… read more

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6. A Fall of Marigolds

By: Susan Meissner

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A beautiful scarf, passed down through the generations, connects two women who learn that the weigh… read more

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7. The Exchange

By: John Grisham

3.69

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a … read more

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"Winning was always fun, but winning with class was far more important."

-John Grisham, The Exchange

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8. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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9. 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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"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

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10. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

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11. The Great Divide

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.70

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more

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"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"

-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide

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12. Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir

By: Rachel Louise Snyder

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For decades, Rachel Louise Snyder has been a fierce advocate reporting on the darkest social issues… read more

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"I didn't intentionally gravitate towards stories of women. I was interested in human rights, which often boiled down to this question: who was winning and who was losing? And over and over again, cou…"

-Rachel Louise Snyder, Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir

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13. The Mitford Affair

By: Marie Benedict

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict—she'll have to choose: her country or her sis… read more

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14. The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America

By: Monica Potts

3.88

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed journalist tries to understand how she escaped her small-town in Arkansas while her br… read more

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"When I was little, I thought that when people were drunk they were drunk forever. Later, I learned that this is not true. Even later, I learned that sometimes it is."

-Monica Potts, The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America

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15. Don't Say a Thing: A Predator, a Pursuit, and the Women Who Persevered

By: Tamara Leitner

3.89

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

In a powerful true-crime memoir, an Emmy Award–winning journalist seeks closure in a decades-long s… read more

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16. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

By: Olivia Ford

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food Nothing… read more

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"To want something, she realized, was to make yourself vulnerable to losing it."

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

"It's sometimes easy to feel left behind at my age, as if the world has a future and you have no place in it...but I hope to discover that there is meaning and adventure still to be found."

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

"...the strongest couples I know have grown together, supporting their partner's changes rather than harnessing or fearing them. It's a bit like growing roses - you don't get to choose exactly which w…"

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

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17. Sparring Partners (Jake Brigance, #4)

By: John Grisham

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller.… read more

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18. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

By: Anderson Cooper

3.77

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more

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19. Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

By: Wright Thompson

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestseller! “A warm and loving reflection that, like good bourbon, will stand… read more

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"What became clear in Michigan was that Julian and Sissy have become the fully realized version of themselves through success. That's actually rare. I profile famous and successful athletes for a livi…"

-Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

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20. Surviving Savannah

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

When Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection fo… read more

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"Grief had been coiled quietly inside me since Papa's death 10 years ago-an absence that was as much a presence as any ghost."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Surviving Savannah

"I'd discovered that Savannah couldn't be fully explained to those who hadn't visited it. Photos, no matter how glorious, and movies, no matter how accurate, couldn't convey the way Savannah felt - se…"

-Patti Callahan Henry, Surviving Savannah

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21. Glad You're Here: Two Unlikely Friends Breaking Bread and Fences

By: Walker Hayes

4.63

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When Craig Cooper and Walker Hayes met, Walker was an alcoholic atheist reeling from the backlash o… read more

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Cover of Breaking Free From Broke: The Ultimate Guide to More Money and Less Stress by George Kamel

22. Breaking Free From Broke: The Ultimate Guide to More Money and Less Stress

By: George Kamel

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

America has become the land of the free and home of the broke. Household debt is at an all-time hig… read more

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23. The War Librarian

By: Addison Armstrong

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The Paris Library meets The Flight Girls in this captivating historical novel about the sacrifice a… read more

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24. An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville

By: Michael Glasgow

4.11

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

This true crime saga reveals the case of a missing Nashville woman, a husband on the run, and a rar… read more

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Cover of Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe by Roger McNamee

25. Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe

By: Roger McNamee

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopp… read more

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26. The Last Ride

By: Martha Smith Tate

4.35

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

The Last Ride is the first book ever written about the murder of prominent Nashville citizen W. Hay… read more

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Cover of Welcome to Capitol Hill: Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics by Joel Ebert

27. Welcome to Capitol Hill: Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics

By: Joel Ebert

4.06

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Although Tennessee has a rich history of political scandals dating back to the founding of the stat… read more

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28. Night Train to Nashville: The Greatest Untold Story of Music City

By: Paula Blackman

3.79

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Set against the backdrop of Jim Crow, Night Train to Nashville takes readers behind the curtain of … read more

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Cover of A Generous Pour: Tall Tales from the Backroom of Jimmy Kelly's by Mike Kelly

29. A Generous Pour: Tall Tales from the Backroom of Jimmy Kelly's

By: Mike Kelly

4.21

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Jimmy Kelly’s Steak House, Nashville's oldest fine restaurant, and the family who star… read more

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Cover of Notorious in Nashville (A Jordan Mayfair Mystery Book 4) by Phyllis Gobbell

30. Notorious in Nashville (A Jordan Mayfair Mystery Book 4)

By: Phyllis Gobbell

4.68

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The old and new collide in Nashville. A crooked developer, Tommy Kahn, plans to demolish a historic… read more

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Cover of The Last Ride: Murder, Money, and the Sensational Trial that Captivated Nashville by Martha Smith Tate

31. The Last Ride: Murder, Money, and the Sensational Trial that Captivated Nashville

By: Martha Smith Tate

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Last Ride is the first book ever written about the murder of prominent Nashville citizen W. Hay… read more

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3.50

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4.08

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