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ByHernan Diaz

2022 • 433 Readers • 416 pages • 3.8

Small Things Like These

Small Things Like These

ByClaire Keegan

2021 • 607 Readers • 128 pages • 4.1

Stay True

Stay True: A Memoir

ByHua Hsu

2022 • 182 Readers • 204 pages • 4.1

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

ByDavid Grann

2023 • 670 Readers • 9 pages • 4.1

Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War

Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War

ByJon Grinspan

2024 • 369 pages

Roosevelt's Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War

Pivotal Moments in American History

Roosevelt's Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War

ByRichard Moe

The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic

The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic

ByManisha Sinha

2024 • 2 Readers

A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging

A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging

ByLauren Markham

2024 • 8 Readers • 4.5

Whale Fall

ByElizabeth O'Connor

2024 • 36 Readers • 3.8

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

ByDoris Kearns Goodwin

2024 • 9 Readers

The Hunter

#2 of 2 in Cal Hooper

ByTana French

2024 • 81 Readers • 481 pages • 3.8

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

ByNed Blackhawk

2023 • 51 Readers • 611 pages • 4.2

Cahokia Jazz

ByFrancis Spufford

2023 • 44 Readers • 464 pages • 4.4

The Searcher

#1 of 2 in Cal Hooper

ByTana French

2020 • 235 Readers • 466 pages • 3.8

The Book of Love

The Book of Love

ByKelly Link

2024 • 143 Readers • 641 pages • 3.5

A Magical Girl Retires

A Magical Girl Retires

BySeolyeon Park,Anton Hur(Translator)

2022 • 78 Readers • 112 pages • 3.7

The Nick Adams Stories

The Nick Adams Stories

ByErnest Hemingway

1966 • 10 Readers • 268 pages • 5

American Bulk: Essays on Excess

American Bulk: Essays on Excess

ByEmily Mester

2024 • 1 Reader

Frankenstein

ByMary Shelley

181 • 2,586 Readers • 353 pages • 3.8

American Civil Wars

American Civil Wars

ByAlan Taylor

2024 • 3 Readers • 560 pages

In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby-Dick

In the heart of the sea

ByNathaniel Philbrick

2000 • 211 Readers • 340 pages • 4.1

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

ByJohn Green

2021 • 73 Readers • 4.3

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

ByRobin Wall Kimmerer

2013 • 565 Readers • 391 pages • 4.6

Blood Test: A Comedy

Blood Test: A Comedy

ByCharles Baxter

5 Readers

Vanishing Treasures

Vanishing Treasures

ByKatherine Rundell

2024 • 6 Readers • 244 pages • 3.5

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

ByErnest Hemingway

1952 • 1,497 Readers • 127 pages • 3.7

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My Beloved Monster

My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

ByCaleb Carr

2024 • 7 Readers • 4

How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

ByChris Wiggins,Matthew L. Jones

2023 • 8 Readers

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

BySherry Turkle

2015 • 5 Readers • 3

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

ByJon Krakauer

2003 • 334 Readers • 399 pages • 4

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

ByJohn Steinbeck

1869 • 2,182 Readers • 162 pages • 3.8

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

ByElisabeth Tova Bailey

2010 • 71 Readers • 209 pages • 4.4

The Winter of Our Discontent

The Winter of Our Discontent

ByJohn Steinbeck

1961 • 109 Readers • 282 pages • 3.7

Valley So Low: One Lawyer's Fight for Justice in the Wake of America's Great Coal Catastrophe

Valley So Low: One Lawyer's Fight for Justice in the Wake of America's Great Coal Catastrophe

ByJared Sullivan

2024 • 385 pages

Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room

ByJames Baldwin

1956 • 464 Readers • 169 pages • 4.4

Lolita

ByVladimir Nabokov,Giulia Arborio Mella(Translator)

1954 • 1,572 Readers • 395 pages • 3.9

Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick: or, The Whale

ByHerman Melville

1851 • 1,085 Readers • 24h 50m • 3.6

Annihilation

#1 of 4 in Southern Reach

ByJeff VanderMeer

2014 • 1,552 Readers • 208 pages • 3.7

Dracula

ByBram Stoker

1897 • 2,136 Readers • 410 pages • 3.9

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

ByWashington Irving

1820 • 182 Readers • 24 pages • 3.3

We've Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care

We've Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care

ByLiran Einav,Amy Finkelstein

2023 • 2 Readers • 305 pages

Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence

Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence

ByPatrick Sharkey

2018 • 1 Reader • 272 pages

Whose Names Are Unknown

Whose Names Are Unknown

BySanora Babb

2004 • 12 Readers • 222 pages • 5

The Corrections

The Corrections

ByJonathan Franzen

2001 • 328 Readers • 662 pages • 3.8

East of Eden

ByJohn Steinbeck

1952 • 1,275 Readers • 601 pages • 4.5

Empire Falls

ByRichard Russo

2001 • 125 Readers • 496 pages • 4.1

A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey

A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey

ByJonathan Meiburg

2021 • 24 Readers • 401 pages • 4

Somebody's Fool

#3 of 3 in Sully

Somebody's Fool

ByRichard Russo

2023 • 7 Readers • 464 pages • 3.3

Everybody's Fool

#2 of 3 in Sully

Everybody's Fool

ByRichard Russo

2016 • 29 Readers • 477 pages • 4.3

The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs

Natural Navigation

The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs

ByTristan Gooley

2014 • 25 Readers • 416 pages • 4

The Ministry of Time

The Ministry of Time

ByKaliane Bradley

2024 • 606 Readers • 352 pages • 3.7

The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors

The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors

ByErika Howsare

2024 • 1 Reader • 369 pages

Bright Objects

ByRuby Todd

2024 • 11 Readers • 432 pages

Elantris

#1 of 3 in Elantris

ByBrandon Sanderson

2005 • 1,492 Readers • 656 pages • 4

The Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway

ByAmor Towles

2021 • 336 Readers • 593 pages • 4.3

Private Citizens

Private Citizens

ByTony Tulathimutte

2016 • 22 Readers • 384 pages • 4

Shift Omnibus

#2 of 3 in Shift

ByHugh Howey

2013 • 59 Readers • 608 pages • 3.9

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

ByPatrick Radden Keefe

2021 • 448 Readers • 560 pages • 4.6

Frostbite

ByNicola Twilley

2024 • 6 Readers • 401 pages

Nobody's Fool

#1 of 1 in North Bath

ByRichard Russo

1993 • 48 Readers • 560 pages • 4.4

God Emperor of Dune

#4 of 8 in Dune

God Emperor of Dune

ByFrank Herbert

1981 • 642 Readers • 604 pages • 3.7

Stoner

ByJohn Williams

1965 • 772 Readers • 305 pages • 4.5

Wise Blood

ByFlannery O'Connor

1952 • 119 Readers • 248 pages • 3.8

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

ByJohn Ganz

2024 • 25 Readers • 373 pages • 4.1

Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas

ByHarley Rustad

2022 • 4 Readers • 304 pages

Ted Kennedy: A Life

Ted Kennedy: A Life

ByJohn A. Farrell

2022 • 785 pages

The Other Valley

The Other Valley

ByScott Alexander Howard

2024 • 146 Readers • 10h 42m • 3.7

A Game of Thrones

#1 of 7 in A Song of Ice and Fire

A Game of Thrones

ByGeorge R.R. Martin

1996 • 3,264 Readers • 819 pages • 4.4

Bookshops & Bonedust

#0 of 2 in Legends & Lattes

Bookshops & Bonedust

ByTravis Baldree

2023 • 837 Readers • 352 pages • 4.3

Legends & Lattes

#1 of 2 in Legends & Lattes

Legends & Lattes

ByTravis Baldree

2022 • 1,977 Readers • 296 pages • 4.2

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

ByEmily Nussbaum

2024 • 42 Readers • 360 pages • 3.7

A Walk in the Park

A Walk in the Park

ByKevin Fedarko

2024 • 9 Readers • 512 pages • 4

Tales from the Cafe

#2 of 5 in Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Tales from the Cafe

ByToshikazu Kawaguchi

2017 • 261 Readers • 224 pages • 4

The Making of the President 1960

#1 of 4 in The Making of the President

The Making of the President 1960

ByTheodore H. White

1961 • 12 Readers • 432 pages • 3.5

Crossing to Safety

Crossing to Safety

ByWallace Stegner

1987 • 67 Readers • 368 pages • 4.5

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What an Owl Knows

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

ByJennifer Ackerman

21 Readers • 4.5

Postwar

ByTony Judt

2005 • 94 Readers • 896 pages • 4.5

The Berry Pickers

The Berry Pickers

ByAmanda Peters

2023 • 154 Readers • 321 pages • 4.2

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The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived

The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived: Tom Watson Jr. and the Epic Story of How IBM Created the Digital Age

ByRalph Watson McElvenny,Marc Wortman

1 Reader

Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon

Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon

ByLarry Tye

2016 • 1 Reader • 626 pages

The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

ByLawrence Wright

2006 • 124 Readers • 578 pages • 4.5

The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War

The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War

ByJames Shapiro

2024 • 1 Reader • 385 pages

Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life

Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life

ByNicholas D. Kristof

2024 • 481 pages

The Night Always Comes

The Night Always Comes

ByWilly Vlautin

2021 • 21 Readers • 223 pages • 4

Essentialism

ByGreg McKeown

551 Readers • 3.8

On His Own Terms

On His Own Terms

ByRichard Norton Smith

2014 • 913 pages

The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

BySteven Johnson

2024 • 12 Readers

JFK

ByFredrik Logevall

2020 • 6 Readers • 792 pages

The Passage of Power

#4 of 4 in The Years of Lyndon Johnson

The Passage of Power

ByRobert A. Caro

2012 • 54 Readers • 4.6

The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains

The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains

ByClayton Page Aldern

1 Reader

Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals

Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals

ByBill Wasik,Monica Murphy

2024 • 1 Reader • 465 pages

Life After Power

Life After Power

ByJared Cohen

2024 • 1 Reader • 512 pages

The Hidden World of the Fox

The Hidden World of the Fox

ByAdele Brand

2019 • 10 Readers • 224 pages • 4

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations: A Novel

Master of the Senate

#3 of 4 in The Years of Lyndon Johnson

Master of the Senate

ByRobert A. Caro

2002 • 48 Readers • 1,167 pages • 4.9

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Nuclear War: A Scenario

ByAnnie Jacobsen

26 • 130 Readers • 301 pages • 4.3

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

ByMichael Lewis

2023 • 99 Readers • 312 pages • 3.5

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Remarkably Bright Creatures

ByShelby Van Pelt(contributor)

2022 • 939 Readers • 368 pages • 4.2

Lessons in Chemistry

Lessons in Chemistry

ByBonnie Garmus

2022 • 1,158 Readers • 386 pages • 4.1

Into the Wild

ByJon Krakauer,Christopher Johnson McCandless

755 Readers • 3.9