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…
Want to Read $ 13.99"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
"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
"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
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1. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
By: Erik Larson
4.00
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such… read more
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- american history
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"I must confess a shameful secret: I love Chicago best in the cold."-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
"No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck."-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
"How easy it was to disappear: A thousand trains a day entered or left Chicago."-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. Daniel H. Burnham"-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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3. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
By: Daniel James Brown
4.34
Format: 413 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit and Unbroken, the dramatic story of the American rowi… read more
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4. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- historical
- book club
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"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
5. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
6. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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7. First Lie Wins
By: Ashley Elston
4.05
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more
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"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
8. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- historical
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9. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
10. The River We Remember
By: William Kent Krueger
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more
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"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
11. The Covenant of Water
By: Abraham Verghese
4.45
Format: 724 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more
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- book club
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12. Bright Young Women
By: Jessica Knoll
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary novel inspired by the real-life sorority targeted by America's first celebrity ser… read more
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"The truth is something people will go to great lengths to keep for themselves. It shouldn't feel like a gift when you get it, but it is."-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"Time does not heal all wounds. Grief is just like a sink full of dirty dishes or a pile of soiled laundry. Grief is a chore you have to do, and it's a messy one, at that."-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"There were men who cracked their knuckles while divulging to me what they would do to the defendant if they got the chance, thinking this was somehow reassuring for me to hear. But all it did was mak…"-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"Her lips are moving silently around words I recognize. 'I carry you like my own personal Time Machine, as I put on my lipstick, smile, and head out to the party.' It's a line by one of her favourite …"-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
13. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
14. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- audiobook
15. The Woman in Me
By: Britney Spears
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival… read more
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"I realized how powerful it can be when women defy expectations. I can make my own way in life. I can make my dreams come true."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"But then, when it came time to end the conservatorship, I realized one thing: You can’t fuck with a woman who knows how to pray. Really pray. All I did was pray."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Later, I walked all the way home so I could take in the city, breaking one of my heels along the way. When I got to my apartment, I went to my terrace and just looked up at the stars for hours. At th…"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Giving a person no grace in a hard time is just not nice. Especially when you can't take as good as you give. When I started to speak and throw it back at them a little, God knows they were far from …"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
16. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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17. Hello Beautiful
By: Ann Napolitano
4.16
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person wh… read more
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"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
18. Yellowface
By: R.F. Kuang
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says… read more
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"The truth is fluid, there is always another way to spin the story."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"They tell authors never to look at Goodreads, but nobody follows that advice—none of us can resist the urge to know how our work is being received."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hu…"-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
19. 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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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- native american
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- book club
- audiobook
"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
20. Demon Copperhead
By: Barbara Kingsolver
4.50
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose." Set in t… read more
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"A kid is a terrible thing to be, in charge of nothing."-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead
"I can still feel in my bones how being mad was the one thing holding me together."-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead
"Counting on Jesus to save the day is no more real than sending up the Batman signal."-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead
"life is a wild, impetuous ride. There could be good shit up ahead, don’t rule it out."-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead
21. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By: Michael Finkel
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
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"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
