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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

ByLindy West

2016 • 12 Readers • 264 pages • 4

Get Shorty

#1 of 2 in Chili Palmer

ByElmore Leonard

1990 • 66 Readers • 304 pages • 3.8

The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives

The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives

ByShankar Vedantam

2009 • 1 Reader

City of Thieves

City of Thieves

ByDavid Benioff

2008 • 340 Readers • 9 pages • 4.3

The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood

The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood

BySy Montgomery

2007 • 2 Readers • 272 pages

Little Failure

Little failure : a memoir

ByGary Shteyngart

2014 • 19 Readers • 368 pages • 3.8

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

ByMichael Chabon

1988 • 62 Readers • 306 pages • 3.4

Dreamland

BySam Quinones

2015 • 1 Reader

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A Death in Sweden

A Death in Sweden

ByKevin Wignall

2 Readers

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The Haldeman Diaries

The Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House

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$2.00 A Day

$2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

The Harder They Come

The Harder They Come

ByT.C. Boyle

2015 • 10 Readers • 384 pages • 4

Proof: The Science of Booze

Proof: The Science of Booze

ByAdam Rogers

2014 • 29 Readers • 272 pages • 3.9

Ready Player One

#1 of 2 in Ready Player One

Ready Player One

ByErnest Cline

2008 • 2,951 Readers • 384 pages • 3.9

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

ByYuval Noah Harari

2011 • 2,100 Readers • 443 pages • 4.2

The Room

ByJonas Karlsson

2014 • 23 Readers • 134 pages • 2.9

Black Swan Green

Black Swan Green

ByDavid Mitchell

2006 • 97 Readers • 400 pages • 4

Neptune Crossing

#1 of 6 in Chaos Chronicles

Neptune Crossing

ByJeffrey A. Carver

1994 • 10 Readers • 383 pages • 3.3

Up in Honey's Room

#2 of 3 in Carl Webster

Up in Honey's Room

ByElmore Leonard

2007 • 3 Readers • 292 pages • 2.5

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time

ByDava Sobel

1995 • 220 Readers • 208 pages • 4.1

White Noise

ByDon DeLillo

1985 • 440 Readers • 337 pages • 3.8

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The Best American Essays 2011

The Best American Essays 2011

ByEdwidge Danticat

1 Reader • 4

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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016

ByAmy Stewart, Tim Folger

1 Reader

Irreparable Harm

#1 of 3 in Sasha McCandless

Irreparable Harm

ByMelissa F. Miller

2011 • 16 Readers • 450 pages • 3.5

The Best American Sports Writing 2014

The Best American Sports Writing 2014

ByChristopher McDougall

2014 • 1 Reader • 415 pages

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Josiah for President

Josiah for President: A Novel

The Best American Essays 2016

The Best American Essays 2016

ByRobert Atwan

2016 • 1 Reader • 327 pages

Bossypants

ByTina Fey(Author/Narrator)

2011 • 730 Readers • 5h 32m • 3.8

The Cloud Collector's Handbook

The Cloud Collector's Handbook

ByGavin Pretor-Pinney

2009 • 4 Readers • 144 pages

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States of Confusion

States of Confusion: My 19,000-Mile Detour to Find Direction

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

ByErik Larson

2015 • 268 Readers • 450 pages • 3.9

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity

ByRobert Ludlum

1998 • 15 Readers • 576 pages • 4.1

A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos

A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos

ByDava Sobel

2011 • 7 Readers • 273 pages • 4

An Edible History of Humanity

An Edible History of Humanity

ByTom Standage

2009 • 14 Readers • 288 pages • 3

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

ByMichael Moss

2013 • 88 Readers • 480 pages • 3.9

10% Happier

ByDan Harris

2014 • 6 Readers • 256 pages • 4

We Are Market Basket: The Story of the Unlikely Grassroots Movement That Saved a Beloved Business

We Are Market Basket: The Story of the Unlikely Grassroots Movement That Saved a Beloved Business

ByDaniel Korschun,Grant Welker

2015 • 1 Reader

The Moviegoer

ByWalker Percy

1961 • 113 Readers • 242 pages • 3.4

Yes, Chef

ByMarcus Samuelsson

2012 • 24 Readers • 319 pages • 3.8

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014

ByDeborah Blum,Tim Folger

2014 • 2 Readers • 318 pages • 5

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

ByUmberto Eco,William Weaver(Translator)

1980 • 886 Readers • 556 pages • 4

I Am No One You Know

I Am No One You Know

ByJoyce Carol Oates

2004 • 7 Readers • 304 pages • 4.5

Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

BySteve Dublanica

2008 • 26 Readers • 322 pages • 3.6

The Silkworm

#2 of 8 in Cormoran Strike

ByRobert Galbraith

2014 • 370 Readers • 580 pages • 3.9

The Luminaries

ByEleanor Catton

2013 • 266 Readers • 848 pages • 3.8

Contagious: Why Things Catch On

Contagious: Why Things Catch On

ByJonah Berger

2013 • 1 Reader

Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories

Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories

ByBen Fountain

2006 • 5 Readers • 272 pages

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This Is Your Brain On Parasites

This Is Your Brain On Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society

The Man Who Quit Money

The Man Who Quit Money

ByMark Sundeen

2012 • 2 Readers • 260 pages • 4

Down and Out in Paris and London

Down and Out in Paris and London

ByGeorge Orwell

1933 • 229 Readers • 213 pages • 4

The Revenant

ByMichael Punke

2002 • 92 Readers • 273 pages • 3.7

Fuzzy Nation

#7 of 9 in Fuzzy Sapiens

ByJohn Scalzi

2011 • 217 Readers • 355 pages • 4.1

The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure

The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure

ByHenry Petroski

2016 • 1 Reader • 337 pages

In the Light of What We Know

In the Light of What We Know

ByZia Haider Rahman

2014 • 26 Readers • 512 pages • 3.6

The Wake

#1 of 3 in Buccmaster Trilogy

ByPaul Kingsnorth

2014 • 27 Readers • 365 pages • 4.3

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

#1 of 1 in The Oxygen Thief Diaries

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

ByAnonymous

2006 • 101 Readers • 149 pages • 2.3

A Generation of Sociopaths

A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America

ByBruce Cannon Gibney

2017 • 14 Readers • 336 pages • 4.2

Glass House

ByBrian Alexander

2017 • 4 Readers • 304 pages

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 • 296 Readers • 4.5

Zama

ByAntonio di Benedetto,Jan Hloušek(Translator)

1956 • 22 Readers • 296 pages • 4.3

Underworld

ByDon DeLillo

1997 • 175 Readers • 832 pages • 3.4

Before the Fall

Before the Fall

ByNoah Hawley

2016 • 199 Readers • 400 pages • 3.7

Kristin Lavransdatter

Kristin Lavransdatter

BySigrid Undset,Tiina Nunnally(Translator)

76 Readers • 3.9

The Case Against Sugar

The Case Against Sugar

ByGary Taubes

2016 • 10 Readers • 384 pages • 4

Undermajordomo Minor

Undermajordomo Minor

ByPatrick deWitt

2015 • 56 Readers • 352 pages • 3.5

The Invention of Nature

The Invention of Nature

ByAndrea Wulf

2015 • 119 Readers • 473 pages • 3.9

The Making of the British Landscape: How We Have Transformed the Land, from Prehistory to Today by Pryor, Francis (2010) Hardcover

The Making of the British Landscape: How We Have Transformed the Land, from Prehistory to Today by Pryor, Francis (2010) Hardcover

ByFrancis Pryor

2010 • 1 Reader

Annals of the Former World

#5 of 5 in Annals of the Former World

Annals of the former world

ByJohn McPhee

1998 • 30 Readers • 720 pages • 4.7

But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

ByChuck Klosterman

2016 • 3 Readers • 4.5

The Rider Of Lost Creek

#1 of 3 in Kilkenny

The Rider of Lost Creek

ByLouis L'Amour

1976 • 5 Readers • 153 pages • 4

Work Rules!

ByLaszlo Bock

2015 • 103 Readers • 382 pages • 4.1

Good Neighbors: Gentrifying Diversity in Boston's South End

Good Neighbors: Gentrifying Diversity in Boston's South End

BySylvie Tissot,David Broder(Translator),+1 more

2015 • 1 Reader

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

Between You & Me

Between You & Me

ByMary Norris

2015 • 26 Readers • 228 pages • 3.3

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing

ByAnya von Bremzen

2013 • 29 Readers • 339 pages • 4.1

Thoughts Without A Thinker

Thoughts Without A Thinker

ByMark Epstein

2013 • 11 Readers • 272 pages • 3

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

ByJane Jacobs

1961 • 154 Readers • 458 pages • 4

Dataclysm: Who We Are

Dataclysm: Who We Are

ByChristian Rudder

2014 • 77 Readers • 304 pages • 3.7

The Water Knife

The Water Knife

ByPaolo Bacigalupi

2015 • 215 Readers • 371 pages • 3.9

Flavour Thesaurus

Flavour Thesaurus

ByNiki Segnit

2010 • 6 Readers • 400 pages • 5

Don't Know Much About History

Don't Know Much About

Don't Know Much About History

ByKenneth C. Davis

1990 • 14 Readers • 479 pages • 4

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Odd John and Sirius

Odd John and Sirius

ByOlaf Stapledon

2 Readers • 3

Zombie Spaceship Wasteland

Zombie Spaceship Wasteland

ByPatton Oswalt

2011 • 26 Readers • 191 pages • 3.1

Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals

Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals

ByHal Herzog

2010 • 19 Readers • 326 pages • 3.3

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The Dog Killer of Utica

The Dog Killer of Utica: An Eliot Conte Mystery

Quicksilver

#1 of 3 in The Baroque Cycle

ByNeal Stephenson

2003 • 289 Readers • 917 pages • 3.7

Psychology of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

ByDonald A. Norman

1988 • 364 Readers • 257 pages • 3.9

The Worst Hard Time

The Worst Hard Time

ByTimothy Egan

2005 • 90 Readers • 340 pages • 3.9

American Pastoral

#6 of 9 in Complete Nathan Zuckerman

American Pastoral

ByPhilip Roth

1997 • 200 Readers • 434 pages • 3.8

It's So Easy: And Other Lies

It's So Easy: And Other Lies

ByDuff McKagan

2011 • 4 Readers • 366 pages • 4.3

Odd John

ByOlaf Stapledon

1935 • 19 Readers • 190 pages • 4

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Bored to Death

Bored to Death: A Noir-otic Story

The Pot and How to Use It

The Pot and How to Use It

ByRoger Ebert

2010 • 3 Readers • 111 pages • 2

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

ByBarry Schwartz

2004 • 204 Readers • 3.6

The Martian Chronicles

The Martian Chronicles

ByRay Bradbury

20 • 927 Readers • 182 pages • 4

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

ByDouglas R. Hofstadter

1979 • 483 Readers • 832 pages • 4.5

Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us: Customer Service and What It Reveals About Our World and Our Lives

Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us: Customer Service and What It Reveals About Our World and Our Lives

ByEmily Yellin

2009 • 1 Reader

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

ByChuck Klosterman

2003 • 151 Readers • 3.8

The Accidental Time Machine

The Accidental Time Machine

ByJoe Haldeman

2007 • 63 Readers • 278 pages • 3.6

Euphoria

ByLily King

2014 • 133 Readers • 336 pages • 3.9