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Seven Guitars

#5 of 10 in The Century Cycle

ByAugust Wilson

1996 • 3 Readers

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

ByW.E.B. Du Bois

1935 • 44 Readers • 746 pages • 4

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

#2 of 10 in The Century Cycle

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

ByAugust Wilson

1988 • 11 Readers • 94 pages • 3.3

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition

ByRandy Shilts

1987 • 123 Readers • 666 pages • 4.3

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Jitney

#8 of 10 in The Century Cycle

ByAugust Wilson

2001 • 3 Readers • 5

Moneyball

ByMichael Lewis

2003 • 270 Readers • 316 pages • 4.1

The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

ByKarl Marx

1848 • 474 Readers • 51 pages • 3.4

King Hedley II

#9 of 10 in The Century Cycle

ByAugust Wilson

2005 • 1 Reader • 104 pages

Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells

Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells

ByIda B. Wells-Barnett,Ada B. Wells

1970 • 9 Readers • 418 pages • 5

Race, Class, & Gender: An Anthology

Race, Class, & Gender: An Anthology

ByPatricia Hill Collins(Editor/Contributor),Margaret L. Andersen(Editor/Contributor)

1992 • 5 Readers • 578 pages

Trouble in Mind

Trouble in Mind

ByLeon F. Litwack

1999 • 2 Readers • 642 pages

Fermat's last theorem

Fermat's enigma

BySimon Singh,John Lynch, scénariste

1997 • 155 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1

Race and reunion : the Civil War in American memory

Race and reunion : the Civil War in American memory

ByDavid W. Blight

2001 • 11 Readers • 528 pages • 5

Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

ByJohn Lewis,Michael D'Orso

1998 • 14 Readers • 496 pages • 4

A Mathematician's Lament

A Mathematician's Lament

ByPaul Lockhart

2009 • 9 Readers • 144 pages • 4.7

The Piano Lesson

#4 of 10 in The Century Cycle

The Piano Lesson

ByAugust Wilson

17 Readers • 3.7

Fences

#6 of 10 in The Century Cycle

ByAugust Wilson

1986 • 51 Readers • 101 pages • 3.9

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision

ByBarbara Ransby

2003 • 11 Readers • 496 pages • 5

Gem of the Ocean

#1 of 10 in The Century Cycle

Gem of the Ocean

ByAugust Wilson

2003 • 7 Readers • 89 pages • 4.7

W.E.B. Du Bois: A Reader

ByW.E.B. Du Bois

1970 • 3 Readers • 801 pages

The Drunkard's Walk

The Drunkard's Walk

ByLeonard Mlodinow

2008 • 118 Readers • 252 pages • 3.9

The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861

The New American Nation Series

The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861

ByDavid Morris Potter

1976 • 10 Readers • 667 pages • 4

Neurosculpting: A Step-by-Step Program to Change Your Brain and Transform Your Life

Neurosculpting: A Step-by-Step Program to Change Your Brain and Transform Your Life

ByLisa Wimberger

2014 • 1 Reader

The Count of Monte Cristo

2 Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

ByAlexandre Dumas

1830 • 1,889 Readers • 1,276 pages • 4.3

His Excellency: George Washington

His Excellency: George Washington

ByJoseph J. Ellis

2004 • 27 Readers • 320 pages • 4.1

Blood and Thunder

Blood and Thunder

ByHampton Sides

2006 • 43 Readers • 480 pages • 4.1

Nothing Like It in the World

Nothing Like It In the World

ByStephen E. Ambrose

2000 • 12 Readers • 468 pages • 3.8

The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire

The strange career of William Ellis

ByKarl Jacoby

2 Readers

Destiny of the Republic

Destiny of the Republic

ByCandice Millard

2011 • 135 Readers • 339 pages • 4.4

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

ByDavid McCullough

1972 • 48 Readers • 608 pages • 4.4

Black Like Me

ByJohn Howard Griffin

1961 • 64 Readers • 246 pages • 3.8

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

ByIsabel Wilkerson

2010 • 423 Readers • 642 pages • 4.5

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

ByBeverly Daniel Tatum

1997 • 89 Readers • 320 pages • 4.5

Ain't I a Woman

Ain't I a Woman

Bybell hooks

1981 • 111 Readers • 205 pages • 4.5

Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

ByJeffrey Kluger

2017 • 61 Readers • 320 pages • 4.6

Manhunt

ByJames L. Swanson

2006 • 64 Readers • 388 pages • 4.1

Founding mothers

Founding mothers

ByCokie Roberts

2004 • 14 Readers • 385 pages • 3.5

Race Matters

ByCornel West

1993 • 22 Readers • 159 pages • 4.2

Packing for Mars

Packing for Mars

ByMary Roach

2010 • 159 Readers • 334 pages • 4.1

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

ByDouglas R. Hofstadter

1979 • 498 Readers • 832 pages • 4.5

The Mystery of the Prime Numbers: Secrets of Creation v. 1

The Mystery of the Prime Numbers: Secrets of Creation v. 1

ByMatthew Watkins

1 Reader

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Prime Numbers

Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective

ByRichard Crandall,Carl Pomerance

2001 • 1 Reader

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

BySteven Pinker

2010 • 220 Readers • 832 pages • 3.9

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

ByScott Kelly,Margaret Lazarus Dean

2017 • 74 Readers • 379 pages • 4.3

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Buffett

ByRoger Lowenstein

1995 • 10 Readers • 475 pages • 3.8

Persepolis Rising

#7 of 9 in The Expanse

Persepolis Rising

ByJames S. A. Corey

2017 • 657 Readers • 560 pages • 4.3

Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo

ByGeorge Saunders

2017 • 541 Readers • 3.9

Governing the Commons

Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions

Governing the Commons

ByElinor Ostrom

1990 • 11 Readers • 308 pages • 4.5

Titan

ByRon Chernow

1998 • 139 Readers • 832 pages • 3.9

What Happened

ByHillary Rodham Clinton

2017 • 104 Readers • 512 pages • 4

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay

#2 of 3 in Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

ByJ. K. Rowling

30 • 247 Readers • 304 pages • 3.9

Pigeon:

ByPres Maxson

1 Reader

Dandelion Wine

#1 of 2 in Green Town

ByRay Bradbury

1946 • 248 Readers • 239 pages • 3.9

Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

ByMatt Ridley

1999 • 141 Readers • 370 pages • 4

An Imperial Affliction

An Imperial Affliction

ByPeter Van Houten

2013 • 2 Readers • 6 pages

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

ByMichael Chabon

1988 • 63 Readers • 306 pages • 3.4

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

ByMichael Chabon

2000 • 513 Readers • 706 pages • 4.2

Telegraph Avenue

Telegraph Avenue

ByMichael Chabon

2012 • 75 Readers • 465 pages • 3.3

Moonglow

ByMichael Chabon

2016 • 136 Readers • 430 pages • 3.7

Black Titan

ByCarol Jenkins,Elizabeth Gardner Hines

2005 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

Margaret the First

Margaret the First

ByDanielle Dutton

2016 • 27 Readers • 176 pages • 3.8

The Color of Law

The Color of Law

ByRichard Rothstein

2017 • 312 Readers • 368 pages • 4.4

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

ByErnest Hemingway

1952 • 1,584 Readers • 127 pages • 3.7

The Tombs of Atuan

#2 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

The Tombs of Atuan

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1970 • 469 Readers • 256 pages • 4

The Other Wind

#6 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

2001 • 192 Readers • 190 pages • 4.1

The Compass Rose: Short Stories

Orsinia

The Compass Rose

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1982 • 10 Readers • 273 pages • 3.6

Tehanu

#4 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1990 • 251 Readers • 320 pages • 3.9

Rocannon's World

#1 of 9 in Hainish Cycle

Rocannon's World

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1966 • 189 Readers • 122 pages • 3.7

Lavinia

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

2008 • 105 Readers • 293 pages • 3.5

The Farthest Shore

#3 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

The Farthest Shore

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

17 • 338 Readers • 288 pages • 4

The Dispossessed

#6 of 9 in Hainish Cycle

The Dispossessed

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1974 • 989 Readers • 400 pages • 4.2

The Word for World Is Forest

#5 of 9 in Hainish Cycle

The Word for World Is Forest

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1972 • 257 Readers • 178 pages • 4

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1973 • 296 Readers • 19 pages • 4.3

Tales from Earthsea

#5 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

Tales from Earthsea

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

2001 • 209 Readers • 296 pages • 4.1

Samuel Adams: A Life

Samuel Adams: A Life

ByIra Stoll

3 Readers

The Book of Harlan

The Book of Harlan

ByBernice L. McFadden

2016 • 16 Readers • 354 pages • 4

Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World

ByDanny Penman,J. Mark G. Williams

2011 • 48 Readers • 288 pages • 3.3

Men of Mathematics

Men of Mathematics

ByEric Temple Bell

1937 • 5 Readers • 590 pages • 2

A History of Mathematics

A History of Mathematics

ByCarl B. Boyer,Uta C. Merzbach

1968 • 8 Readers • 736 pages

Number Theory: A Historical Approach

Number Theory: A Historical Approach

ByJohn Watkins

2013 • 2 Readers • 592 pages

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

ByTony Hsieh

2010 • 145 Readers • 246 pages • 3.9

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

ByChris Kyle,Scott McEwen,+1 more

2012 • 73 Readers • 331 pages • 3.4

The Three-Body Problem

#1 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past

The Three-Body Problem

ByCixin Liu,Ken Liu(Translator)

2006 • 3,185 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9

2312

ByKim Stanley Robinson

2012 • 208 Readers • 561 pages • 3.4

W.E.B. Du Bois

ByDavid Levering Lewis

2000 • 2 Readers • 752 pages

A Short History of Reconstruction

A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

ByEric Foner

1990 • 8 Readers • 299 pages

Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America

Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America

ByDaniel K. Richter

2001 • 4 Readers • 336 pages

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

ByHerbert P. Bix

2000 • 27 Readers • 816 pages

Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia

Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia

ByKathleen M. Brown

1996 • 2 Readers • 512 pages

Day of Infamy

ByWalter Lord

9 Readers • 3.8

A Nation Under Our Feet

A Nation Under Our Feet

BySteven Hahn

2003 • 8 Readers • 624 pages

109 East Palace

109 East Palace

ByJennet Conant

2007 • 7 Readers • 448 pages • 4.3

John Jay: Founding Father

John Jay: Founding Father

ByWalter Stahr

2005 • 6 Readers • 520 pages

A Short History of Progress

A Short History of Progress

ByRonald Wright

2004 • 22 Readers • 224 pages • 3.2

Eisenhower: in War and Peace

Eisenhower: in War and Peace

ByJean Edward Smith

2012 • 24 Readers • 977 pages • 4

The Constitution of the United States of America and Selected Writings of the Founding Fathers

The Constitution of the United States of America and Selected Writings of the Founding Fathers

ByFounding Fathers

2012 • 28 Readers • 840 pages • 3.9

Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb

ByRichard Rhodes

1995 • 20 Readers • 731 pages • 4.2

Robert Oppenheimer: His Life and Mind

Robert Oppenheimer: His Life and Mind

ByRay Monk

2012 • 4 Readers • 3

A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal

ByJonathan Swift

1729 • 100 Readers • 26 pages • 4

Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times

ByH.W. Brands

2005 • 10 Readers • 640 pages • 3.3