13 best-selling nonfiction books like A Wink from the Universe by Martin Flanagan

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A Wink from the Universe

By: Martin Flanagan

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

'There's no one I trust more with my club's yarn than Martin Flanagan' - Bob Murphy The Western Bul…

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Cover of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

1. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

By: Caitlin Doughty

4.22

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degre… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Your relationship to mortality is your own."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

"In spite of my fear of living, I chose not to die."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

"A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

"The fear of death is why we build cathedrals, have children, declare war, and watch cat videos online at three a.m."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

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2. The Man in the High Castle

By: Philip K. Dick

3.60

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assume… read more

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"Don’t you feel it?"

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Dreadful low-class jingoistic racist invectives, unworthy of me."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

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3. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio

By: Ann Goldstein , Amara Lakhous , عمارة لخوص

2.50

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A compelling mix of social satire and murder mystery. A small culturally mixed community living in … read more

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4. The Second World War

By: Antony Beevor

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier hist… read more

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  • nonfiction

5. The Captain Class: The Hidden Force that Creates the World's Greatest Teams

By: Sam Walker

3.00

Format: 1118 pages,

The former global sports editor of The Wall Street Journalprofiles the greatest teams in history an… read more

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6. Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more

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7. The White House Plumbers

By: Egil “Bud” Krogh

3.35

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

NOW A FIVE-PART HBO SERIES, STARRING WOODY HARRELSON AND JUSTIN THEROUX The true story of The Whit… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

By: Catherine Gildiner

4.46

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating narrative, therapist Catherine Gildiner's presents five of what she calls her m… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Anger is a defense, not a feeling, ....analyze what feeling the anger was covering."

-Catherine Gildiner, Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

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9. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

By: Richard Swan

4.11

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more

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10. The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2)

By: Richard Swan

4.30

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

From a major new debut author in epic fantasy comes the second book in a trilogy where action, intr… read more

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11. Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils

By: David Farrier

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A profound meditation on climate change and the Anthropocene and an urgent search for the fossils—i… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

By: Eddie Betts

4.17

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the 2023 Indie Book Awards. It’s a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG.… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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13. Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing

By: Emily Lynn Paulson

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She signed up for the sisterhood, free cars, and the promise of a successful business of her own. I… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. The Trees

By: Percival Everett

4.06

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive in Money, Mississippi… read more

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"Unknown Male is a name,"

-Percival Everett, The Trees

"Goddamnit, I hate murder more than just about anything,"

-Percival Everett, The Trees

"You should know I consider police shootings to be lynchings"

-Percival Everett, The Trees

"People should know, understand that not all Thursdays are the same."

-Percival Everett, The Trees

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15. Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction

By: Judith Grisel

4.12

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovered drug addict, an authoritative and accessibl… read more

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  • nonfiction
"As always with addictive drugs, tolerance spoils the fun..."

-Judith Grisel, Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction

"...there will never be enough drug, because the brain's capacity to learn and adapt is basically infinite."

-Judith Grisel, Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction

"I'd sought wellness and became sick; fun, but lived in a constant state of anxious dread; freedom, and was enslaved."

-Judith Grisel, Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction

"A victim of virtually any disease usually elicits pity, addicts mostly evoke revulsion. What is it about the irrational behavior of an addict that makes everyone want to turn away?"

-Judith Grisel, Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction

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16. The "Down Goes Brown" History of the NHL: The World's Most Beautiful Sport, the World's Most Ridiculous League

By: Sean McIndoe

4.32

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

Sean McIndoe of Down Goes Brown, one of hockey's favourite and funniest writers, takes aim at the g… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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17. Leather Soul: A Half-Back Flanker's Rhythm and Blues

By: Bob Murphy

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"The Footscray winters and the glorious liniment-scented afternoons. All of the laughs, the scraps,… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Nowhere to Hide: A memoir of football, mental health and resilience by Tom Boyd

18. Nowhere to Hide: A memoir of football, mental health and resilience

By: Tom Boyd

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A revealing and candid account of former AFL footballer Tom Boyd's struggle with mental health. … read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. A Wink from the Universe

By: Martin Flanagan

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

'There's no one I trust more with my club's yarn than Martin Flanagan' - Bob Murphy The Western Bul… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Blood and Bronze: The British Empire and the Sack of Benin by Paddy Docherty

20. Blood and Bronze: The British Empire and the Sack of Benin

By: Paddy Docherty

4.12

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The Benin Bronzes are among the British Museum’s most prized possessions. Celebrated for their grea… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Race Across the World: The incredible story of the world's greatest road race - the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon by John Smailes

21. Race Across the World: The incredible story of the world's greatest road race - the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon

By: John Smailes

3.63

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

The rollicking adventure of the world's greatest car race - the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon.In 1… read more

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15 best-selling nonfiction books like Leather Soul: A Half-Back Flanker's Rhythm and Blues by Bob Murphy

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J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

Michael Lewis

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Long Walk To Freedom (Volume 1: 1918-1962)

Nelson Mandela

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

Eddie Betts

4.17

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