6 best-selling biography books like Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel by Harold Koda, Eric Boman

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Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel

By: Harold Koda , Eric Boman

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

With remarkable panache and discernment, Iris Apfel combines styles, colors, textures, and patterns…

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1. Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel

By: Harold Koda , Eric Boman

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

With remarkable panache and discernment, Iris Apfel combines styles, colors, textures, and patterns… read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • photography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion

2. Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York

By: Paul Gallico

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mrs Harris is a salt-of-the-earth London chatlady who cheerfully cleans the houses of the rich. One… read more

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3. On Folly Beach

By: Karen White

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Folly Beach, South Carolina, has survived despite hurricanes and war. But it's the personal battles… read more

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4. The Beatryce Prophecy

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A magical medieval tale from two masters, Newbery Medal-winning Kate DiCamillo and Caldecott Medal-… read more

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"Once there was a mermaid."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

"Let her have her dangerous will."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

"Nothing is more terrifying to evil than joy."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

"Mark that it is dangerous. Trouble has a very long tail."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

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5. Earth's the Right Place for Love

By: Elizabeth Berg

4.11

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

This beautiful new novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story … read more

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"Your girlfriend won't stay pretty for long. I myself was a hot tomato, but look at me now. 'Pretty' goes away, but what can come in its place is 'beautiful.' And that's better. Do you know what I mea…"

-Elizabeth Berg, Earth's the Right Place for Love

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6. The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

By: Matt Cain

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Albert Entwistle is a private man with a quiet, simple life. He lives alone with his cat Gracie. An… read more

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"I feel like a carefree, beautiful butterfly!"

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"In some ways I’m like a picture that hasn’t been colored in yet."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"Come on, we only get one chance at life. This isn't a dress rehearsal."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"I love you a little bit more than yesterday and a little bit less than tomorrow."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

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7. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

By: Arthur C. Brooks

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. In Build the Life… read more

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  • nonfiction
"feel the feel, then take the wheel pg30"

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

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8. Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

By: J. Ryan Stradal

3.63

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, a story of a couple from two very diffe… read more

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"This place is in your blood, but not your heart. Go find a place that is."

-J. Ryan Stradal, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

"People here liked to say they rooted for the underdog, but some of them got real quiet when the underdog was different from them."

-J. Ryan Stradal, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

"Winter was her cathedral, and the snow-decked trees its endless pillars, and although it was quiet, it wasn't empty. The silence coaxed voices into her imagination, voices of the past and future, voi…"

-J. Ryan Stradal, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

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9. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

By: Tina Brown

4.03

Format: 571 pages, Hardcover

The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

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10. The Confession Club (Mason, #3)

By: Elizabeth Berg

3.75

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

USA TODAY BESTSELLER • An uplifting novel about friendship, surprising revelations, and a second ch… read more

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11. I Must Be Dreaming

By: Roz Chast

3.65

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's new graphic narrativ… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. The Lost and Found Bookshop (Bella Vista Chronicles, #3)

By: Susan Wiggs

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this thought-provoking, wise and emotionally rich novel, New York Times bestselling author Susan… read more

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"Sometimes you have to let the right book find you"

-Susan Wiggs, The Lost and Found Bookshop (Bella Vista Chronicles, #3)

"You’ll never be happy with what you want until you can be happy with what you’ve got."

-Susan Wiggs, The Lost and Found Bookshop (Bella Vista Chronicles, #3)

"Autumn was San Francisco's summer. The days were bright and warm, scented with drying leaves and fading flowers and the ever-present salt air."

-Susan Wiggs, The Lost and Found Bookshop (Bella Vista Chronicles, #3)

"Seeing him amid the yellow leaves and berry-colored hips of the spent roses, and the fading hollyhocks gone to seed along the garden wall, filled her heart."

-Susan Wiggs, The Lost and Found Bookshop (Bella Vista Chronicles, #3)

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13. The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

By: Beth Morrey

4.06

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The world has changed around Missy Carmichael. At seventy-nine, she's estranged from her daughter; … read more

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"Love was just love, that was all. Flawed, uneven, complicated, overlapping, but still essential"

-Beth Morrey, The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

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14. The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

By: Margareta Magnusson

3.58

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning— now a TV series… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"...unless you depend on your looks for your career or your joy, hinging your life on looking young is such a bad idea."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

"The world is always ending, and yet it continues to survive. We must always hope for a sustainable future, but hope is not enough."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

"It is never too late to do anything, unless it is really too late and you are. dead. The moment you start thinking it is too late, then you begin to die. I will keep going and do all I want to do."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

"The older I get, the more I find that I remember clearly all the things I said yes to, just when I was about to say no. I must admit I have not been open-minded all the time. I just wish I had been."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

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15. The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.15

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

In the new Detective Varg novel, Ulf Varg's future with the Department of Sensitive Crimes is put t… read more

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16. Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

By: Iris Apfel

4.25

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

“Personal style really originated with Iris Apfel; she has always espoused the virtues of not just … read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
"You can't go home again. If an experience was wonderful, don't try to re-create it. It will never be as beautiful as it was the first time."

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

"You only have one trip, and the present is all you've got. The past isn't coming back, and the future isn't here yet! So live each day as though it were your last. And one day you'll be right."

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

"If you're happy, have found love, are surrounded by good people, doing what you like, and giving back to others, that's success . Selling your soul for a buck is not work the real price you pay. . ."

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

"I never expect anything. I just feel things in my gut and I do them. If something sounds exciting and interesting, I do it--and then I worry about it later. Doing new things takes a lot of energy and…"

-Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

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17. Going There

By: Katie Couric

4.04

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

Heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest, Going There is the deeply personal life story of a g… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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18. Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions

By: Temple Grandin

3.63

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction

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3.79

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4.03

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4.03

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4.14

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4.11

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