52 Book Club 2021: #28 Includes A Historical Event You Know Little About

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 4.14 avg rating — 425,983 ratings
2.
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women 4.16 avg rating — 176,383 ratings
3.
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4.13 avg rating — 157,305 ratings
4.
Before We Were Yours
Before We Were Yours 4.40 avg rating — 697,400 ratings
5.
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History 3.80 avg rating — 51,853 ratings
6.
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.96 avg rating — 112,015 ratings
7.
The Library Book
The Library Book 3.89 avg rating — 121,031 ratings
7.
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 4.12 avg rating — 257,776 ratings
9.
The Alice Network
The Alice Network 4.32 avg rating — 593,048 ratings
10.
The Giver of Stars
The Giver of Stars 4.29 avg rating — 485,750 ratings
11.
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History 3.92 avg rating — 9,089 ratings
12.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry 4.08 avg rating — 199,987 ratings
12.
The Sandcastle Girls
The Sandcastle Girls 3.89 avg rating — 42,270 ratings
14.
The Lions of Fifth Avenue: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
The Lions of Fifth Avenue: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel) 3.90 avg rating — 77,876 ratings
15.
The Secrets We Kept
The Secrets We Kept 3.65 avg rating — 75,858 ratings
16.
The Paris Library
The Paris Library 4.06 avg rating — 140,730 ratings
17.
Next Year in Havana (The Perez Family, #1)
Next Year in Havana (The Perez Family, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 144,884 ratings
18.
The Huntress
The Huntress 4.30 avg rating — 199,913 ratings
19.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,119,087 ratings
20.
The Zookeeper's Wife
The Zookeeper's Wife 3.49 avg rating — 90,816 ratings
21.
The Lost Girls of Paris
The Lost Girls of Paris 3.91 avg rating — 110,501 ratings
22.
Paris
Paris 4.07 avg rating — 27,816 ratings
23.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,784 ratings
24.
The Moor's Account
The Moor's Account 4.04 avg rating — 12,548 ratings
25.
Surviving Savannah
Surviving Savannah 4.17 avg rating — 29,033 ratings
25.
Unit 731 Testimony: Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
Unit 731 Testimony: Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
by: Hal Gold
3.87 avg rating — 923 ratings
25.
Moresnet: opkomst en ondergang van een vergeten buurlandje
Moresnet: opkomst en ondergang van een vergeten buurlandje 4.09 avg rating — 686 ratings
25.
The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany 4.27 avg rating — 6,287 ratings
25.
Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram
Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram 3.82 avg rating — 1,766 ratings
25.
Den stora utställningen (Ellen Grönblad & Nils Gunnarsson, #1)
Den stora utställningen (Ellen Grönblad & Nils Gunnarsson, #1) 3.33 avg rating — 1,219 ratings
25.
Bell Hammers: The True Folk Tale of Little Egypt
Bell Hammers: The True Folk Tale of Little Egypt 4.13 avg rating — 711 ratings
25.
The Four Winds
The Four Winds 4.30 avg rating — 900,310 ratings
25.
The Dig
The Dig 3.67 avg rating — 7,320 ratings
25.
The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: A Border Story
The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: A Border Story 4.43 avg rating — 1,323 ratings
25.
Trinity
Trinity
by: Leon Uris
4.29 avg rating — 25,079 ratings
25.
The Hunger
The Hunger 3.60 avg rating — 33,550 ratings
25.
Angel of Greenwood
Angel of Greenwood 4.19 avg rating — 2,724 ratings
25.
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
25.
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper 4.09 avg rating — 64,228 ratings
25.
The Atomic City Girls
The Atomic City Girls 3.54 avg rating — 24,993 ratings
25.
The Lost German Slave Girl
The Lost German Slave Girl 3.73 avg rating — 2,173 ratings
25.
The Question of Red
The Question of Red 3.83 avg rating — 3,867 ratings
25.
Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements
Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements 3.84 avg rating — 103 ratings
25.
Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)
Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7) 4.40 avg rating — 15,614 ratings
25.
Kad zvona zaneme
Kad zvona zaneme 4.82 avg rating — 66 ratings
25.
All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy
All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy 4.23 avg rating — 1,549 ratings
25.
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole: The Autobiography of Matthew Henson
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole: The Autobiography of Matthew Henson 3.80 avg rating — 187 ratings
25.
Kent State
Kent State 3.95 avg rating — 4,845 ratings
25.
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 4.44 avg rating — 44,181 ratings
25.
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War 4.18 avg rating — 50,549 ratings
51.
Flight of Dreams
Flight of Dreams 3.84 avg rating — 9,339 ratings
51.
Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History
Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History 3.30 avg rating — 326 ratings
51.
The Girl Under the Flag: Monique (WW2 Girls, #1)
The Girl Under the Flag: Monique (WW2 Girls, #1)
by: Alex Amit
4.32 avg rating — 1,761 ratings
51.
Las venas abiertas de América Latina
Las venas abiertas de América Latina 4.31 avg rating — 26,227 ratings
51.
Wo wir einst gingen
Wo wir einst gingen 3.96 avg rating — 3,197 ratings
51.
Gobekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods: The Temple of the Watchers and the Discovery of Eden
Gobekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods: The Temple of the Watchers and the Discovery of Eden 3.70 avg rating — 624 ratings
51.
The Nature of Fragile Things
The Nature of Fragile Things 4.26 avg rating — 79,115 ratings
51.
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals 4.43 avg rating — 4,693 ratings
51.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
51.
Plain Bad Heroines
Plain Bad Heroines 3.64 avg rating — 28,021 ratings
51.
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team 3.88 avg rating — 9,203 ratings
51.
Helena
Helena 3.64 avg rating — 1,862 ratings
51.
No-No Boy
No-No Boy 3.93 avg rating — 7,345 ratings
64.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,784 ratings
64.
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 4.72 avg rating — 41,759 ratings
64.
The Kew Gardens Girls
The Kew Gardens Girls 3.83 avg rating — 2,679 ratings
64.
The King at the Edge of the World: A Novel
The King at the Edge of the World: A Novel 3.54 avg rating — 2,493 ratings
64.
Dawn
Dawn 3.83 avg rating — 22,541 ratings
64.
The Home for Unwanted Girls
The Home for Unwanted Girls 4.24 avg rating — 55,931 ratings
64.
The Traitor
The Traitor 4.09 avg rating — 2,292 ratings
64.
Mornings in Jenin
Mornings in Jenin 4.51 avg rating — 48,760 ratings
72.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,978 ratings
72.
Ghosts of Vesuvius
Ghosts of Vesuvius 3.87 avg rating — 327 ratings
72.
The Emperor's Winding Sheet
The Emperor's Winding Sheet 3.66 avg rating — 82 ratings
72.
A Written Republic: Cicero's Philosophical Politics
A Written Republic: Cicero's Philosophical Politics 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
72.
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 4.56 avg rating — 10,762 ratings
72.
Underground
Underground 4.39 avg rating — 115 ratings
78.
Silence
Silence 4.09 avg rating — 37,721 ratings
78.
The Tea Party Goes to Washington
The Tea Party Goes to Washington
by: Rand Paul
3.67 avg rating — 254 ratings
78.
The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another 3.91 avg rating — 1,319 ratings
78.
A Spanner in the Works: The Extraordinary Story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s Only All-Girl Garage
A Spanner in the Works: The Extraordinary Story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s Only All-Girl Garage 4.13 avg rating — 159 ratings
82.
On Justice, Power, and Human Nature: Selections from The History of the Peloponnesian War
On Justice, Power, and Human Nature: Selections from The History of the Peloponnesian War 3.71 avg rating — 935 ratings
82.
Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery (John Hope Franklin Series in African American History & Culture)
Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery (John Hope Franklin Series in African American History & Culture) 4.23 avg rating — 448 ratings
84.
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir 4.23 avg rating — 3,069 ratings
84.
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays 4.06 avg rating — 17,587 ratings
84.
The Devil's Highway
The Devil's Highway 4.11 avg rating — 17,926 ratings
87.
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 138,226 ratings
87.
The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them
The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them 4.11 avg rating — 857 ratings
87.
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" 4.05 avg rating — 32,082 ratings
90.
The Brideship Wife
The Brideship Wife 3.78 avg rating — 1,270 ratings
90.
The Night Diary
The Night Diary 4.21 avg rating — 19,980 ratings
92.
Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey to the Heart of Africa
Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey to the Heart of Africa 3.25 avg rating — 890 ratings
92.
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 722 ratings
94.
They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy 4.42 avg rating — 50,175 ratings
95.
Crack in the Edge of the World
Crack in the Edge of the World 3.79 avg rating — 7,186 ratings
96.
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 3.88 avg rating — 21,503 ratings
97.
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories 3.76 avg rating — 5,186 ratings
98.
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal 4.26 avg rating — 23,240 ratings
99.
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World 4.21 avg rating — 38,322 ratings
100.
Unearthing Atlantis: An Archaeological Odyssey to the Fabled Lost Civilization
Unearthing Atlantis: An Archaeological Odyssey to the Fabled Lost Civilization 4.02 avg rating — 295 ratings
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