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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
  • Mark Forsyth
3.6-
Walden
Walden
  • Henry David Thoreau
3.653.0
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
  • Mark Forsyth
4.33-
The Lifespan of a Fact
The Lifespan of a Fact
  • John D'Agata
  • Jim Fingal
45.0
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The Lost Origins of the Essay

The Lost Origins of the Essay
  • John D'Agata
0-
How the States Got Their Shapes
How the States Got Their Shapes
  • Mark Stein
3.71-
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The Phone Book

The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads
  • Ammon Shea
4-
A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects
  • Neil MacGregor
4.31-
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
  • Tom Vanderbilt
3.78-
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Sound

Sound: An Acoulogical Treatise
  • Michel Chion
  • James A. Steintrager (Translator)
0-
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
  • Cormac McCarthy
4.1-
Psychology of Everyday Things
The Design of Everyday Things
  • Donald A. Norman
4.07-
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
  • Franz Kafka
  • Willa Muir (Translator)
  • Edwin Muir (Translator)
  • Tania Stern (Translator)
  • James Stern (Translator)
  • Ernst Kaiser (Translator)
  • Eithne Wilkins (Translator)
3.87-
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
  • Joseph Conrad
3.315.0
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America Along the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
  • Bill Bryson
3.99-
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
  • Bill Bryson
4.23-
1776
1776
  • David McCullough
4.04-
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Machine Made

Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics
  • Terry Golway
0-
1Q84
1Q84
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
  • Philip Gabriel
3.67-
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
  • David McCullough
4.43-
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
4.045.0
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Year of the Fires

Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910
  • Stephen J. Pyne
0-
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Desert Solitaire
  • Edward Abbey
3.97-
Young Men and Fire
Young Men and Fire
  • Norman Maclean
4-
The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
  • Ellen Meloy
4.5-
The Wild Places
The Wild Places
  • Robert Macfarlane
4.72-
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Life, Animated

Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism
  • Ron Suskind
4-
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Fire on the Mountain

Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
  • John N. Maclean
0-
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
  • Robert A. Caro
4.68-
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A Great Day to Fight Fire

A Great Day to Fight Fire: Mann Gulch, 1949
  • Mark Matthews
0-
The Conversations : Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film
The Conversations : Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film
  • Michael Ondaatje
4-
Pok Pok
Pok Pok
  • Andy Ricker
  • J.J. Goode
5-
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
  • Truman Capote
4.1-
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.565.0
All The Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses
  • Cormac McCarthy
4.044.0
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
  • Tom Wolfe
4.2-
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • Hunter S. Thompson
3.98-
The Giving Tree
The giving tree
  • Shel Silverstein
4.235.0
The Complete Short Stories of Franz Kafka
The Complete Short Stories of Franz Kafka
  • Franz Kafka
0-
Red
Red
  • John Logan
3.93.0