Killings
By: Calvin Trillin , Carolyn Trillin
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
True stories of sudden death in the classic collection by a master of American journalism. Reporter…
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1. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
By: Robert Graves , Thomas Malory , Keith Baines
3.92
Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Presents the story of King Arthur, his knights of the Round Table, the sword Excalibur, and his tra… read more
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"Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross."-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place. And men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the the Holy Cr…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"...and then the threw the sword as far into the water as he might; and there came an arm and a hand above the water and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
2. True Grit
By: Charles Portis
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Mattie Ross, 14, from Dardanelle, Arkansas, narrates half a century later, her trip in the winter o… read more
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3. The Heart of the Matter
By: Graham Greene
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Scobie is a highly principled officer in a war-torn West African state. When he is passed over for … read more
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4. Killings
By: Calvin Trillin , Carolyn Trillin
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
True stories of sudden death in the classic collection by a master of American journalism. Reporter… read more
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- history
- true crime
- crime
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
- journalism
5. Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
By: Cory Franklin
3.57
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
An inside look at one of the nation's most famous public hospitals, Cook County, as seen through th… read more
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- nonfiction
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6. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
By: Eric Hoffer
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in h… read more
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7. Draft No. 4
By: John McPhee
4.34
Format: 640 pages,
A superb essay on the difficulties and joys of composition. read more
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8. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- essays
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
9. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
By: Lorrie Moore
3.31
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
Lorrie Moore's first novel since A Gate at the Stairs--a daring, meditative exploration of love and… read more
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"I've become. An object of dismay. I guess."-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
"Do I jar you?" he asks with his sly charm. "No," I say. “I am braced at every turn for disenchantment."-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
10. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
By: Jonathan Rosen
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more
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- crime
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"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
11. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
By: David Grann
4.14
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklaho… read more
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- crime
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"An Indian Affairs agent said, 'The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?"-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
"The Osage elders sang the traditional songs for the dead, only now the songs seemed for the living, for those who had to endure this world of killing."-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
12. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence
By: James Renner
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Ann Rule and Gregg Olsen, a riveting new true crime book from the acclaimed author o… read more
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13. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
14. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
By: Zeke Faux
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more
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15. Orwell's Roses
By: Rebecca Solnit
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
"In the year 1936 a writer planted roses." So begins Rebecca Solnit's new book, a reflection on Geo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- essays
"He asked that roses be planted on his grave. When I checked, a few years ago, a scrappy red rose was blooming there."-Rebecca Solnit, Orwell's Roses
"The contemporary world is full of things that look beautiful and are produced through hideous means. People died so that this mine may profit, that these shoes maybe produced as cheaply as possible, …"-Rebecca Solnit, Orwell's Roses
"As withheld information, a lie is a sort of shield for the liar; as falsity it is a sword. It matters whether or not people believe the lies, but unbelievable lies wielded by those with power do thei…"-Rebecca Solnit, Orwell's Roses
16. 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
By: Bruce Goldfarb
3.69
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The story of the Gilded Age Chicago heiress who revolutionized forensic death investigation. As the… read more
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17. The Devil Takes You Home
By: Gabino Iglesias
3.67
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
This genre-defying, Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker award-winning thriller follows a father despera… read more
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18. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
By: Susan Casey
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
19. The Cemetery of Untold Stories
By: Julia Alvarez
3.68
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself… read more
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20. Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America
By: Harry N. MacLean
3.71
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the m… read more
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21. When the World Didn't End: A Memoir
By: Guinevere Turner
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood… read more
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- history
22. Those We Thought We Knew
By: David Joy
4.30
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small… read more
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- crime
23. Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
By: Anna Bogutskaya
3.72
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women f… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- essays
"All high school experiences are inherently dramatic because they are being experienced for the first time."-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"Unlikeable" is code. It's code for "fair game." If a woman in unlikable, she is stepping out of bounds. Which makes it fair game to decimate her socially, emotionally, or physically. Likeability give…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"In 2015, a study about jury deliberation bias conducted at Arizona State University found that "when men expressed their opinion with anger, participants rated them as more credible, which made them …"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"When men get angry onscreen, they're angry at the system. When women are angry onscreen, they're angry at someone. Women are not allowed to be angry at the system, because that would be a tacit accep…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
24. The Topeka School
By: Ben Lerner
3.50
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive famil… read more
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"The problem for him in high school was that debate made you a nerd and poetry made you a pussy – even if both could help you get to the vaguely imagines East Coast city from which your experiences in…"-Ben Lerner, The Topeka School
25. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
By: Casey Cep
3.77
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on ob… read more
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"There’s no news in a newsroom"-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
"Vengeance is as old as violence."-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
"History isn’t what happens, but what gets written down."-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
"Monroeville was hard to get to and easy to get stuck in."-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
26. The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder
By: John Glatt
4.01
Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition
Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau ho… read more
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27. Hot Springs Drive
By: Lindsay Hunter
3.52
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Jackie loved her best friend Theresa from the moment they met nearly fifteen years ago. Now, Theres… read more
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28. Dark Ride
By: Lou Berney
3.81
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardl… read more
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"This is not the plot twist that my life required. I wish I’d never noticed those kids on the bench. I wish I’d never walked over. I wish, most of all, that I existed in a version of the multiverse wh…"-Lou Berney, Dark Ride
29. Everything/Nothing/Someone
By: Alice Carrière
4.02
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A powerful literary debut that tells of a young woman’s coming-of-age in the bohemian ’90s, as her … read more
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30. Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession
By: Rachel Monroe
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A provocative and original investigation of our cultural fascination with crime, linking four arche… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- essays
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"Sometimes women’s attraction to true crime is dismissed as trashy and voyeuristic (because women are vapid!). Sometimes it is unquestioningly celebrated as feminist (because if women like something, …"-Rachel Monroe, Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession
