7 must-read biography books like Nelson Mandela (DK Life Stories) by Stephen Krensky

Cover of Nelson Mandela (DK Life Stories) by Stephen Krensky

Nelson Mandela (DK Life Stories)

By: Stephen Krensky

4.22

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In this kids' biography, discover the inspiring story of Nelson Mandela, who became the first Black…

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1. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue whe… read more

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"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

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2. Dog Man Unleashed (Dog Man #2)

By: Dav Pilkey

4.20

Format: None pages,

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  • childrens
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3. The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.20

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

When Bingo Little falls in love at a Camberwell subscription dance and Bertie Wooster drops into th… read more

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"Warm-hearted! I should think he has to wear asbestos vests!"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"The kid is a pest, a wart, and a pot of poison, and should be strangled!"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"My God, man!" I gargled. "The cravat! The gent's neckwear! Why? For what reason?"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"I thought Eustace *was* a horrible accident, and Claude about the same, but I didn't say so."

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

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4. Crenshaw

By: Katherine Applegate

3.81

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

In her first novel since winning the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable a… read more

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  • childrens

5. Sunny Side Up

By: Jennifer L. Holm , Matthew Holm , Lark Pien

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. At first sh… read more

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6. Who Is Steven Spielberg?

By: Stephanie Spinner , None

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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7. Gangsta Granny

By: Tony Ross , David Walliams

4.45

Format: 122 pages, Hardcover

Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing c… read more

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8. Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

By: Ryan Holiday

4.28

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case … read more

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  • history
"We must master ourselves unless we'd prefer to be mastered by someone or something else."

-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

"We must practice temperance now, in times of plenty, because none of us know what the future holds- only that plenty never lasts."

-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

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9. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

By: Jonathan Kennedy

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more

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  • history
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

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10. Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #16)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.21

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 USA Today , Wall Street Journal , and New York Times bestseller! In Big Shot , boo… read more

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  • childrens
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11. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

By: Beth Macy

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction.… read more

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  • history
"The corporation feels no pain."

-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

"You whack one [dealer], and the others just pop right up, like Whac-A-Mole"

-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

"Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long and for truly no good law enforcement reason."

-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

"But you can't put a corporation in jail; you just take their money, and it's not really their money anyway."

-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

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12. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

By: Peter Zeihan

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more

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  • history
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13. The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

By: Ryder Carroll

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit th… read more

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"It's part organization, part soul-searching, part dream-weaving."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"In the most connected time in history, we're quickly losing touch with ourselves."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"Prioritize the items you feel strongest about or are the most time sensitive, and strike off the items you feel “meh"

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not enitrely own us. It can't take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

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14. Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

By: Cameron R. Hanes

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES AND NATIONAL BESTSELLERPush beyond your physical limits to improve you… read more

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  • biography
"This is about abolishing the ego and taking the first step toward becoming the real you!"

-Cameron R. Hanes, Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

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15. Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along

By: Peter Zeihan

4.25

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the … read more

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  • history
"In many ways, industrialization is a straitjacket. The suite of industrial technologies improves literacy and mobility and reach and wealth and health, but without the inputs of oil, natural gas, iro…"

-Peter Zeihan, Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along

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16. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild (Dog Man, #6)

By: Dav Pilkey

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The heroic hound is sent to jail in the sixth Dog Man book from worldwide bestselling author and ar… read more

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  • childrens
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17. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent

By: Dipo Faloyin

4.43

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more

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  • africa
  • history
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18. Stepping Stones

By: Lucy Knisley

4.03

Format: 224 pages, None

Jen is used to not getting what she wants. So suddenly moving to the country and getting new stepsi… read more

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  • childrens
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19. Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire

By: Caroline Elkins

4.26

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates … read more

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  • history
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20. Stargazing

By: Jen Wang

4.17

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Moon is everything Christine isn’t. She’s confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet by Michael E.  Mann

21. The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

By: Michael E. Mann

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to d… read more

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Cover of Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop by Martin Puchner

22. Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop

By: Martin Puchner

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Culture, acclaimed author, professor, and public intellectual Martin Puchner takes us on a break… read more

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  • history
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23. DK Life Stories Martin Luther King Jr

By: Laurie Calkhoven

4.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of Nelson Mandela (DK Life Stories) by Stephen Krensky

24. Nelson Mandela (DK Life Stories)

By: Stephen Krensky

4.22

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In this kids' biography, discover the inspiring story of Nelson Mandela, who became the first Black… read more

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  • africa
  • biography
  • history
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25. DK Life Stories: Gandhi

By: Diane Bailey

4.38

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In this kids' biography, discover the inspiring life story of Mohandas Gandhi, whose teachings of c… read more

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  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of Helen Keller (DK Life Stories) by Libby Romero

26. Helen Keller (DK Life Stories)

By: Libby Romero

4.46

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In this kids' biography, discover the inspiring story of Helen Keller, who overcame the odds by lea… read more

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  • biography
Cover of Florence Nightingale (DK Life Stories) by Kitson Jazynka

27. Florence Nightingale (DK Life Stories)

By: Kitson Jazynka

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

In this kids' biography, discover the fascinating story of Florence Nightingale, who cared for Brit… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
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28. DK Life Stories: Albert Einstein

By: Wil Mara

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

In this kids' biography, follow the remarkable life story of Albert Einstein, whose legendary geniu… read more

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29. DK Life Stories: Katherine Johnson

By: Ebony Joy Wilkins

4.44

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In this kids' biography, discover the inspiring story of Katherine Johnson, famed NASA mathematicia… read more

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  • history
  • biography
Cover of Alexander Hamilton (DK Life Stories) by James Buckley Jr.

30. Alexander Hamilton (DK Life Stories)

By: James Buckley Jr.

4.00

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In this kids' biography, discover the amazing life story of Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father of … read more

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31. A World Full of Poems

By: D.K. Publishing

4.03

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously illustrated introduction to poetry for children, featuring poems about everything from… read more

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  • childrens

11 Top history books like Nelson Mandela (DK Life Stories) by Stephen Krensky

Transform Your Habits

Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

Ryan Holiday

4.28

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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Jonathan Kennedy

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

Beth Macy

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

Peter Zeihan

4.18

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Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop

Anna Lembke

4.01

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

3.37

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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

Jon Krakauer

3.89

Transform Your Habits

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

4.38

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