Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert
By: Jason Kersten
3.67
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
I killed and buried my best friend today ... When authorities found Raffi Kodikian -- barely alive …
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1. Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
By: Joe Simpson
4.23
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvi… read more
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- travel
- survival
- nonfiction
- adventure
"Life can deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in?"-Joe Simpson, Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
2. Lullaby
By: Chuck Palahniuk
3.74
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Carl Streator is a reporter investigating Sudden Infant Death Syndrome for a soft-news feature. Aft… read more
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"I'm in love. So kill me."-Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
"Anymore, no one's mind is their own."-Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
"We're all of us haunted and haunting."-Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
"Some people still think knowledge is power."-Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
3. The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #5)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
4.03
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni at the end of the first audiobook, is still … read more
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- crime
"Perhaps the cloud had blown over and covered his sky."-Alexander McCall Smith, The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #5)
"To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way."-Alexander McCall Smith, The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #5)
"Most people had something in their lives that was particularly important to them."-Alexander McCall Smith, The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #5)
"It would be wonderful, she thought, to write a book which would help other people."-Alexander McCall Smith, The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #5)
4. This House of Grief
By: Helen Garner
3.00
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
On the evening of 4 September 2005, Robert Farquharson, a separated husband, was driving his three … read more
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5. Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
By: Alyssa Mastromonaco , None
4.75
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
If your funny older sister were the former deputy chief of staff to President Barack Obama, her beh… read more
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6. Just After Sunset
By: Stephen King
4.00
Format: 256 pages,
Internationally bestselling author Stephen King delivers an astonishing collection of short stories… read more
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7. Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert
By: Jason Kersten
3.67
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
I killed and buried my best friend today ... When authorities found Raffi Kodikian -- barely alive … read more
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8. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
By: Jon Krakauer
4.38
Format: 234 pages,
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9. The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
By: Yann Martel
5.00
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The appearance of a young storyteller with a unique fictional voice is cause for celebration. Yann … read more
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10. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
By: Daniel James Brown
3.59
Format: 464 pages,
In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Il… read more
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11. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
By: Ian Mortimer
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the 14th century. This text sets out t… read more
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"Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception."-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make a diagnosis based on the position of the stars, the colour and smell of your urine, and…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"So, as long as you can get enough to eat, and can avoid all the various lethal infections, the dangers of childbirth, lead poisoning, and the extreme violence, you should live a long time. All you ha…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"Collectively they remind us that history is much more than an education process. Understanding the past is a matter of experience as well as knowledge, a striving to make spiritual, emotional, poetic…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
12. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- adventure
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- nonfiction
- crime
- nature
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
13. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal
By: Aphrodite Jones
4.32
Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition
LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more
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- true crime
14. The Sea Wolves (Isaac Bell #13)
By: Jack Du Brul
4.43
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
An old nemesis. A secret technology. The outcome of a Great War at stake... Summer, 1914. As New… read more
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15. Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
By: Dan Flores
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa So… read more
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- nature
"The prescription I've come to seems to be this. Know the heaven and earth that was, but experience the world that is."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"Our disruption of ecologies around the world isn't just threatening wildife extinctions. It's posing an existential threat to our own species."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"And it wasn't just passenger pigeons and buffalo. A legacy of animal cleansing was visible everywhere you looked in the United States of the 1920s."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"...we Americans have never been good at accepting blame for screwing up the world. Surely the gods, or the government, or the Chinese, or the sun! must be doing this. It can't be us."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
16. Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong
By: Michael Wejchert
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible res… read more
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- nature
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17. The Last Resort
By: Susi Holliday
3.29
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One perfect crime. When Amelia is invited to an all-expenses-pai… read more
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18. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By: David Grann
4.19
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more
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- crime
19. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
By: Douglas Preston
3.81
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more
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20. Wavewalker: Breaking Free
By: Suzanne Heywood
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing… read more
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- nonfiction
- adventure
"Do you want to hear a secret?' I asked him, leaning closer. 'I don't want to be different — I want to be normal. I don't want to be stuck out at sea away from my friends. I know Mum and Dad would lau…"-Suzanne Heywood, Wavewalker: Breaking Free
21. The Beast You Are: Stories
By: Paul Tremblay
3.34
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club , A He… read more
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22. 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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23. When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail
By: D. Dauphinee
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
When Geraldine “Gerry” Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail… read more
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- adventure
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- nonfiction
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"She was simple in her intentions; she embraced the challenge of seeing the thing through."-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail
"The young surveyor peered closer. Inside the bag were some bones. They were unmistakably human."-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail
24. Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family
By: Susan Jonusas
3.45
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial … read more
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25. The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South Pacific
By: Brandon Presser
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For fans of The Wager and Mutiny on the Bounty comes a thrilling true tale of power, obsession,… read more
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26. Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds
By: Hillary Allen
3.74
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In 2017, world-class ultrarunner Hillary Allen was at the top of her sport--and it felt like she wa… read more
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"You are more than a result. You are enough, just as you are."-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds
"This determination is my bushido. It’s my “way of the warrior."-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds
"One thing that frees me from that battlefield is knowing that my strength and athletic build helped save my life."-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds
"Have you ever thought about accepting yourself as you are right here and now? That you are good enough—perfect in fact—just as you are?"-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds
27. Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
By: William H. McRaven
4.44
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of … read more
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"They were survivors. They didn't complain. They didn't blame others for their misfortune. They worked hard and expected the same from their children. They treasured their friendships. They fought for…"-William H. McRaven, Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
28. The Bone Orchard
By: Sara A. Mueller
3.53
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Charm is a witch, and she is alone. The last of a line of conquered necromantic workers, now confin… read more
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29. Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History
By: Ben Mezrich
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Ben the book Elon Musk doesn’t want you to read. BREAKIN… read more
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30. All Hands on Deck: A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World
By: Will Sofrin
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired by Hollywood to sail an 18th-centu… read more
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31. Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova
By: Ty Gagne
4.41
Format: 214 pages, Paperback
On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the… read more
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