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Sea Power

ByJames G. Stavridis

2017 • 8 Readers • 363 pages • 3

Just Jackie

ByEdward Klein

2009 • 1 Reader • 432 pages

The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

#5 of 5 in Politics of Place

The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

ByTim Marshall

2023 • 14 Readers • 3.7

Don Quixote

ByMiguel de Cervantes,Edith Grossman

1605 • 58 Readers • 996 pages • 4.1

Cher: The Memoir, Part One

Cher: The Memoir, Part One

ByCher

2024 • 10 Readers • 413 pages

Extraordinary, Ordinary People

Extraordinary, Ordinary People

ByCondoleezza Rice

2011 • 1 Reader • 386 pages

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

ByNikole Hannah-Jones(Editor),The New York Times Company(Editor)

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

ByKamala Harris

The Brethren

ByBob Woodward,Scott Armstrong

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

#1 of 3 in Civilizations Rise and Fall

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

ByJared Diamond

1997 • 33 Readers • 4

No Higher Honor

No Higher Honor

ByCondoleezza Rice

4 Readers

Comfort From A Country Quilt

Comfort From A Country Quilt

ByReba McEntire

1999 • 2 Readers • 206 pages

American Lion

ByJon Meacham

2008 • 29 Readers • 546 pages • 3.8

Travel as a Political Act

Travel as a Political Act

ByRick Steves

2009 • 13 Readers • 209 pages • 10h 14m • 4.3

Matriarch: A Memoir

Matriarch: A Memoir

ByTina Knowles

Available April 22, 2025 • 1 Reader

Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

ByKatie Ledecky

2024 • 3 Readers • 256 pages

Madres Paralelas

Madres Paralelas

ByPedro Almodóvar

1 Reader • 223 pages

El último Sueño

El último Sueño

ByPedro Almodóvar

2023 • 1 Reader

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

ByLiza Mundy

2017 • 66 Readers • 640 pages • 3.9

Ratification

ByPauline Maier

3 Readers

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Novus Ordo Seclorum

Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution

ByForrest McDonald

1985 • 2 Readers

Lovely One

ByKetanji Brown Jackson

2024 • 6 Readers • 465 pages • 5

Utopia

ByThomas More

2004 • 175 Readers • 3.3

The Anatomy of Fascism

The Anatomy of Fascism

ByRobert O. Paxton

2004 • 40 Readers • 336 pages • 3.6

Entitlement

ByRumaan Alam

24 Readers • 276 pages • 2.8

What's Next

ByMelissa Fitzgerald,Mary McCormack

2023 • 10 Readers • 641 pages

Autocracy, Inc.

Autocracy, Inc.

ByAnne Applebaum

2024 • 22 Readers • 224 pages • 3.2

The Art of Power

The Art of Power

ByNancy Pelosi

2024 • 9 Readers • 352 pages • 2.5

Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World

Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World

ByRosalind Miles

Cher: The Memoir: Part One of a Two-Part Memoir from the Iconic Artist and Actor

Cher: The Memoir: Part One of a Two-Part Memoir from the Iconic Artist and Actor

ByCher

2024 • 2 Readers • 413 pages

Tales of the Alhambra

Tales of the Alhambra

ByWashington Irving

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The Friday Afternoon Club

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

ByGriffin Dunne

Orwell's Roses

ByRebecca Solnit

She Memes Well

ByQuinta Brunson

2021 • 7 Readers • 317 pages • 4

Didion and Babitz

Didion and Babitz

ByLili Anolik

2024 • 10 Readers • 352 pages • 4

From Here to the Great Unknown

From Here to the Great Unknown

ByLisa Marie Presley,Riley Keough

2024 • 15 Readers • 305 pages • 4.4

The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning

The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning

BySamhita Mukhopadhyay

7 Readers

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

ByNatalie Haynes

2023 • 74 Readers • 290 pages • 4.2

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Stamped

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

ByIbram X. Kendi

2016 • 258 Readers • 4.5

Assata: An Autobiography

ByAssata Shakur

1987 • 87 Readers • 274 pages • 4.6

Ernest Hemingway: A Biography

Ernest Hemingway: A Biography

ByMary V. Dearborn

2017 • 1 Reader • 753 pages

Capote's Women

ByLaurence Leamer

2021 • 8 Readers • 368 pages • 4

Two Prospectors: The Letters of Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark

Southwestern Writers Collection Series, The Wittliff Collections

Two Prospectors: The Letters of Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark

BySam Shepard,Johnny Dark

2013 • 1 Reader • 401 pages

Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson

Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson

ByRebecca Boggs Roberts

My Effin' Life

ByGeddy Lee

James

ByPercival Everett

2024 • 338 Readers • 320 pages • 4.5

The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable Future

The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable Future

ByBenji Backer

2024 • 1 Reader • 257 pages

Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

ByCarrie Courogen

2024 • 5 Readers • 3.5

Spain: The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country

Spain: The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country

ByMichael Reid

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

ByKathleen Hanna

2024 • 33 Readers • 4.8

The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

ByLiza Mundy

Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics

Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics

ByAnastasia C. Curwood

1 Reader • 472 pages

The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations

The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations

ByPaul Kennedy

2006 • 1 Reader • 361 pages

La Regenta

#1 of 1 in La Regenta

ByLeopoldo Alas

1884 • 14 Readers • 1,024 pages • 4.3

Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems

Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems

ByJames Baldwin

1989 • 4 Readers

The Penelopiad

#2 of 16 in Canongate's The Myths

ByMargaret Atwood

2005 • 210 Readers • 199 pages • 3.6

Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

ByDavid W. Blight

2018 • 77 Readers • 912 pages • 4.2

Push and Pull

ByBelle Townsend

1 Reader • 44 pages

The Observer Effect

The Observer Effect

ByBelle Townsend

1 Reader • 93 pages

The Holy in the Humdrum

The Holy in the Humdrum

ByBelle Townsend

1 Reader

A Thousand Ships

A Thousand Ships

ByNatalie Haynes

2019 • 324 Readers • 368 pages • 4

How Civil Wars Start

How Civil Wars Start

ByBarbara F. Walter

2022 • 27 Readers • 321 pages • 4.2

Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

ByDavid H. Petraeus,Andrew Roberts

2023 • 1 Reader

Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics

Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics

ByH.W. Brands

2023 • 2 Readers • 3.5

España: A Brief History of Spain

España: A Brief History of Spain

ByGiles Tremlett

Isabella Of Spain: The Last Crusader

Isabella Of Spain: The Last Crusader

ByWilliam Thomas Walsh

1963 • 1 Reader • 576 pages

To My Sibling,

ByFreya Winters

1 Reader

Jackie: Public, Private, Secret

Jackie: Public, Private, Secret

ByJ. Randy Taraborrelli

Why We Swim

ByBonnie Tsui

2020 • 43 Readers • 288 pages • 3.9

Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business

Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business

ByRoxane Gay

We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus

We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus

BySean Mirski

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

ByMatthew Perry

2022 • 278 Readers • 289 pages • 3.8

Romney: A Reckoning

Romney: A Reckoning

ByMcKay Coppins

2023 • 13 Readers • 416 pages • 4.4

Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law

Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law

ByLeah Rothstein,Richard Rothstein

2023 • 215 pages

Bowling Alone

ByRobert D. Putnam

2000 • 78 Readers • 544 pages • 4

Vote for Us

ByJoshua A. Douglas

2019 • 352 pages

Madam Belle

Topics in Kentucky History

ByMaryjean Wall

2014 • 226 pages

Pericles Of Athens And The Birth Of Democracy

Pericles Of Athens And The Birth Of Democracy

ByDonald Kagan

1991 • 1 Reader • 326 pages

Picasso

ByGertrude Stein

1938 • 1 Reader • 148 pages

Washington: A Life

Washington: A Life

ByRon Chernow

2010 • 116 Readers • 835 pages • 4.4

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

ByRon Chernow

2004 • 331 Readers • 818 pages • 4.4

Velvet Was the Night

Velvet Was the Night

BySilvia Moreno-Garcia

2021 • 146 Readers • 289 pages • 3.5

The Daughters of Kobani

The Daughters of Kobani

ByGayle Tzemach Lemmon

2021 • 7 Readers • 288 pages • 3

The Age of Walls

The Age of Walls

ByTim Marshall

2018 • 288 pages

Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence

Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence

ByKeith Ellison

Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

ByJinger Duggar Vuolo

Fascism: A Warning

Fascism: A Warning

ByMadeleine K. Albright

2018 • 38 Readers • 289 pages • 4.6

King: A Life

ByJonathan Eig

2023 • 71 Readers • 4.4

Winners Take All

Winners Take All

ByAnand Giridharadas

Read Dangerously

Read Dangerously

ByAzar Nafisi

2022 • 10 Readers • 256 pages • 4

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

ByCaroline Criado Perez

2019 • 721 Readers • 432 pages • 4.3

Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution

Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution

BySara Marcus

2010 • 27 Readers • 367 pages • 4.4

Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots

Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots

ByReba McEntire

My thirty years backstairs at the White House

My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House

ByLillian Rogers Parks

Poverty, by America

Poverty, by America

ByMatthew Desmond

Mrs. Kennedy and me

Mrs. Kennedy and me

ByClint Hill,Lisa McCubbin

Five Presidents

Five Presidents

ByClint Hill,Lisa McCubbin

2016 • 13 Readers • 464 pages • 5

Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss

Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss

ByJenna Bush Hager

On the House: A Washington Memoir

On the House: A Washington Memoir

ByJohn Boehner

The Art of War

BySun Tzu,Thomas Cleary(Translator)

-400 • 678 Readers • 193 pages • 3.7