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#309
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
  • Martin Edwards
3.673 reads
#310
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Booze, Babe, and the Little Black Dress

Booze, Babe, and the Little Black Dress: How Innovators of the Roaring 20s Created the Consumer Revolution
  • Jason Voiovich
01 read
#311
Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay
Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay
  • Andrew L. Erdman
41 read
#312
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Testimony

Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation
  • Jon Ward
4.45 reads
#313
Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children
Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children
  • Therese Oneill
3.255 reads
#1
Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
  • Linda Rodríguez McRobbie
3.4717 reads
#1
Founding mothers
Founding mothers
  • Cokie Roberts
3.578 reads
#1
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
  • John M. Barry
3.7258 reads
#1
When Paris Sizzled
When Paris Sizzled
  • Mary McAuliffe
42 reads
#1
Here is Where
Here is Where
  • Andrew Carroll
44 reads
#1
Chernobyl 01
Chernobyl 01
  • Andrew Leatherbarrow
3.5716 reads
#1
The Glass Universe
The Glass Universe
  • Dava Sobel
44 reads
#1
Unmentionable
Unmentionable
  • Therese Oneill
3.7924 reads
#1
The Clockwork Universe
The Clockwork Universe
  • Edward Dolnick
3.3911 reads
#1
Where the Girls Are
Where the Girls Are
  • Susan J. Douglas
31 read
#1
Mad Mary Lamb
Mad Mary Lamb
  • Susan Tyler Hitchcock
00 reads
#1
Get Well Soon
Get Well Soon
  • Jennifer Wright
4.1832 reads
#1
A perfect union
A perfect union
  • Catherine Allgor
00 reads
#1
Washington
Washington
  • Fergus M. Bordewich
00 reads
#1
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Scandalous Women

Scandalous Women
  • Elizabeth Kerri Mahon
41 read
#1
The Return of Martin Guerre
The Return of Martin Guerre
  • Natalie Zemon Davis
4.411 reads
#1
Daughters and rebels: An autobiography
Daughters and rebels: An autobiography
  • Jessica Mitford
43 reads
#1
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Jane's Fame

Jane's Fame
  • Claire Harman
41 read
#1
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
  • Deborah Blum
4.0550 reads
#1
Street gang
Street gang
  • Michael Davis
44 reads
#1
Parisians
Parisians
  • Graham Robb
3.53 reads
#1
Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby
Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby
  • Sarah Churchwell
41 read
#1
Charlatan
Charlatan
  • Pope Brock
3.255 reads
#1
War without Mercy
War without Mercy
  • John Dower
2.54 reads
#1
The devil in the shape of a woman
The devil in the shape of a woman
  • Carol F. Karlsen
00 reads
#1
Travellers in the Third Reich
Travellers in the Third Reich
  • Julia Boyd
3.85 reads
#1
King Leopold's Ghost
King Leopold's Ghost
  • Adam Hochschild
4.3776 reads
#1
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  • Bede
  • Leo Sherley-Price (Translator)
3.757 reads
#1
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
  • Erik Larson
3.68157 reads
#1
The Monster of Florence
The Monster of Florence
  • Douglas Preston
3.5836 reads
#1
It Ended Badly
It Ended Badly
  • Jennifer Wright
4.139 reads
#1
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
  • Michelle McNamara
4.06389 reads
#1
The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
  • Elaine F. Weiss
44 reads
#1
Testament of Youth: One Woman's Haunting Record of the First World War
Testament of Youth: One Woman's Haunting Record of the First World War
  • Vera Brittain
4.334 reads
#1
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Monster, She Wrote

Monster, She Wrote
    3.7320 reads
    #1
    Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
    Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
    • Frederick Douglass
    4.21136 reads
    #1
    Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
    Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
    • Haruki Murakami
    • Alfred Birnbaum (Translator)
    • Philip Gabriel (Translator)
    4.0262 reads
    #1
    Great Tales from English History, Vol 1
    Great Tales from English History, Vol 1
    • Robert Lacey
    4.55 reads
    #1
    Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly
    Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly
    • Jennifer Fleischner
    00 reads
    #1
    Go Down Together
    Go Down Together
    • Jeff Guinn
    44 reads
    #1
    Queens Consort
    Queens Consort
    • Lisa Hilton
    41 read
    #1
    The Sun and the Moon
    The Sun and the Moon
    • Matthew Goodman
    42 reads
    #1
    The Secret History of Wonder Woman
    The Secret History of Wonder Woman
    • Jill Lepore
    3.5835 reads
    #1
    The Children's Blizzard
    The Children's Blizzard
    • David Laskin
    3.510 reads
    #1
    The American Axis
    The American Axis
    • Max Wallace
    01 read
    #1
    Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
    Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
    • William L. Shirer
    4.210 reads
    #1
    New World Coming
    New World Coming
    • Nathan Miller
    51 read
    #1
    Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
    Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
    • Michel Foucault
    • Richard Howard (Translator)
    3.7922 reads
    #1
    For Her Own Good
    For Her Own Good
    • Barbara Ehrenreich
    • Deirdre English
    01 read
    #1
    The Science of Discworld
    The Science of Discworld
    • Ian Stewart
    • Jack Cohen
    • Terry Pratchett
    4.2841 reads
    #1
    The Witch of Lime Street
    The Witch of Lime Street
    • David Jaher
    3.55 reads
    #1
    One Summer: America, 1927
    One Summer: America, 1927
    • Bill Bryson
    4.0373 reads
    #1
    A People's History of the United States
    A People's History of the United States
    • Howard Zinn
    • Kathy Emery
    • Ellen Gordon Reeves
    4.22220 reads
    #1
    Hiroshima
    Hiroshima
    • John Hersey
    4.13106 reads
    #1
    White Trash
    White Trash
    • Nancy Isenberg
    3.746 reads
    #1
    Les Parisiennes
    Les Parisiennes
    • Anne Sebba
    41 read
    #1
    The Gene
    The Gene
    • Siddhartha Mukherjee
    4.2882 reads
    #1
    Empty Mansions
    Empty Mansions
    • Bill Dedman
    • Paul Clark Newell Jr.
    3.7522 reads
    #1
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    Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey

    Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey
    • Fiona Carnarvon
    3.754 reads
    #1
    American Eve
    American Eve
    • Paula Uruburu
    42 reads
    #1
    Marie Antoinette: The Journey
    Marie Antoinette: The Journey
    • Antonia Fraser
    3.8821 reads
    #1
    Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
    Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
    • Marilynne K. Roach
    3.384 reads
    #1
    The Mother Tongue
    The Mother Tongue
    • Bill Bryson
    3.8677 reads
    #1
    Emily Post
    Emily Post
    • Laura Claridge
    41 read
    #1
    The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock
    The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock
    • Lucy Worsley
    3.56 reads
    #1
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    Framing the Black Panthers

    Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power Icon
    • Jane Rhodes
    00 reads
    #1
    Fabergé's Eggs
    Fabergé's Eggs
    • Toby Faber
    00 reads
    #1
    A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
    A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
    • Emma Southon
    422 reads
    #1
    Manliness and Civilization
    Manliness and Civilization
    • Gail Bederman
    51 read
    #1
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    Ferdinand I and Maximilian II of Austria

    Ferdinand I and Maximilian II of Austria: An Essay on the Political and Religious State of Germany Immediately After the Reformation
    • Leopold von Ranke
    20 reads
    #1
    The Witches: Salem, 1692
    The Witches: Salem, 1692
    • Stacy Schiff
    3.1538 reads
    #1
    Louisa
    Louisa
    • Louisa Thomas
    4.52 reads
    #1
    Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
    Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
    • Nathalia Holt
    3.6419 reads
    #1
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    American Cassandra

    American Cassandra: The Life of Dorothy Thompson
    • Peter Kurth
    00 reads
    #1
    Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais
    Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais
    • Suzanne Fagence Cooper
    41 read
    #1
    And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris
    And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris
    • Alan Riding
    00 reads
    #1
    The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
    The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
    • Jonathan Kirsch
    41 read
    #1
    Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
    Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
    • Erica Armstrong Dunbar
    3.938 reads
    #1
    When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
    When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
    • Molly Guptill Manning
    3.52 reads
    #1
    The Age of Comfort: When Paris Discovered Casual—and the Modern Home Began
    The Age of Comfort: When Paris Discovered Casual—and the Modern Home Began
    • Joan DeJean
    00 reads
    #1
    The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
    The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
    • Philip Zaleski
    • Carol Zaleski
    42 reads
    #1
    The Vertigo Years: Europe, 1900-1914
    The Vertigo Years: Europe, 1900-1914
    • Philipp Blom
    4.252 reads
    #1
    The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, 1917-1923
    The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, 1917-1923
    • Brian Garfield
    41 read
    #1
    A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18
    A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18
    • Joseph Loconte
    4.137 reads
    #1
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    From Bondage to Contract

    From Bondage to Contract: Wage Labor, Marriage, and the Market in the Age of Slave Emancipation
    • Amy Dru Stanley
    00 reads
    #1
    Voltaire in Love
    Voltaire in Love
    • Nancy Mitford
    21 read
    #1
    American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
    American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
    • Karen Abbott
    2.334 reads
    #1
    Hidden Figures
    Hidden Figures
    • Margot Lee Shetterly
    3.89148 reads
    #1
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    The Long Weekend

    The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House, 1918-1939
    • Adrian Tinniswood
    00 reads
    #1
    Signing Their Rights Away
    Signing Their Rights Away
    • Denise Kiernan
    • Joseph D'Agnese
    42 reads
    #1
    Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham
    Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham
    • Emily S. Bingham
    41 read
    #1
    A Very Great Profession
    A Very Great Profession
    • Nicola Beauman
    41 read
    #1
    Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art
    Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art
    • Susan M. Strawn
    41 read
    #1
    The Curse of Beauty
    The Curse of Beauty
    • James Bone
    31 read
    #1
    Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present
    Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present
    • Alison Matthews David
    3.52 reads