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99. 
The Emperors: How Europe's Greatest Rulers Were Destroyed by World War I
by:
Gareth Russell
4.09 avg rating — 111 ratings 99. 
A Dance with Jane Austen: How a Novelist and Her Characters Went to the Ball 4.14 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3)
by:
Widad Akreyi
4.71 avg rating — 55 ratings 104. 
King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village 3.90 avg rating — 2,537 ratings
104. 
Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
by:
Greg King
3.73 avg rating — 554 ratings 
106. 
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
by:
Karen Abbott
3.63 avg rating — 13,091 ratings 106. 
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
by:
Widad Akreyi
4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings 112. 
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
by:
Eric Weiner
3.84 avg rating — 38,202 ratings 112. 
Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things
by:
Rick Smith
3.86 avg rating — 1,679 ratings 112. 
A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan
by:
Laura Thompson
3.33 avg rating — 571 ratings 112. 
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
by:
Ian Mortimer
4.01 avg rating — 25,924 ratings 112. 
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope 4.07 avg rating — 31,874 ratings
117. 
England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by:
Kate Williams
3.89 avg rating — 1,048 ratings 
119. 
Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street
by:
Michael Davis
3.66 avg rating — 3,442 ratings 
119. 
The Girl Who Loved Camellias: The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis
by:
Julie Kavanagh
3.41 avg rating — 369 ratings 123. 
The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine
by:
Tom Standage
3.93 avg rating — 718 ratings 123. 
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
by:
Candice Millard
4.21 avg rating — 74,673 ratings 
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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
by:
Stefan Fatsis
3.82 avg rating — 5,577 ratings 127. 
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
by:
Sarah Bradford
3.72 avg rating — 4,657 ratings 127. 
The Dogs that Made Australia: The fascinating untold story of the dog's role in building a nation
by:
Guy Hull
3.87 avg rating — 196 ratings 
130. 
The Castle on Sunset: Love, Fame, Death and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont
by:
Shawn Levy
3.67 avg rating — 4,468 ratings 
133. 
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
by:
Antonia Fraser
3.87 avg rating — 7,980 ratings 
136. 
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
by:
David Kushner
4.29 avg rating — 19,678 ratings 
141. 
Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
by:
Ellen Ullman
3.85 avg rating — 1,055 ratings 141. 
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
by:
Carlos Eire
3.81 avg rating — 7,574 ratings 
141. 
The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest
by:
Ed Caesar
3.79 avg rating — 3,224 ratings 146. 
Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp and Other Essays from Might Magazine 3.74 avg rating — 209 ratings
146. 
The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank
by:
David Plotz
3.54 avg rating — 938 ratings 146. 
The Third Pole: My Everest climb to find the truth about Mallory and Irvine
by:
Mark Synnott
4.13 avg rating — 4,206 ratings 149. 
Flu: The Story Of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
by:
Gina Kolata
3.91 avg rating — 7,614 ratings 
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Sex, Lies, and Handwriting: A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your Handwriting 4.01 avg rating — 1,024 ratings
159. 
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
by:
Kevin Roose
3.98 avg rating — 12,221 ratings 159. 
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
by:
Howard Zinn
4.08 avg rating — 259,693 ratings 
162. 
American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
by:
Craig Ferguson
3.93 avg rating — 24,860 ratings 162. 
164. 
The Cat Who Covered the World: The Adventures Of Henrietta And Her Foreign Correspondent 3.78 avg rating — 378 ratings
166. 
Showstopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft 4.14 avg rating — 1,313 ratings
168. 
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age 4.13 avg rating — 2,422 ratings
170. 
The Cult at the End of the World: Incredible Story of Aum
by:
David E. Kaplan
3.92 avg rating — 283 ratings 171. 
Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office 3.64 avg rating — 1,585 ratings
172. 
Lives of the Artists: Portraits of Ten Artists Whose Work and Lifestyles Embody the Future of Contemporary Art
by:
Calvin Tomkins
4.09 avg rating — 584 ratings 173. 
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
by:
Alex Kotlowitz
4.30 avg rating — 15,925 ratings 
177. 
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
by:
Tommy Lee
4.14 avg rating — 48,136 ratings 
179. 
Who Got Einstein's Office? Eccentricity and Genius at the Institute for Advanced Study
by:
Ed Regis
4.01 avg rating — 268 ratings 180. 
Legionnaire: Five Years in the French Foreign Legion
by:
Simon Murray
4.38 avg rating — 1,172 ratings 
182. 
The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers
by:
Tom Standage
3.95 avg rating — 3,526 ratings 183. 
Kings of Cocaine: Inside the Medellain Cartel, an Astonishing True Story of Murder, Money, and International Corruption
by:
Guy Gugliotta
3.99 avg rating — 601 ratings 184. 
Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, & True Love in the NBA
by:
Jayson Williams
3.36 avg rating — 205 ratings 185. 
Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture : From Astro Boy to Zen Buddhism
by:
Dina Gan
4.08 avg rating — 65 ratings 
187. 
Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family
by:
Charles Bowden
4.03 avg rating — 601 ratings 
189. 
The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship & Espionage
by:
Robert Lindsey
4.07 avg rating — 2,424 ratings 
194. 
FreeDarko Presents: The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game
by:
Bethlehem Shoals
4.28 avg rating — 1,344 ratings 
196. 
Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft
by:
David Bank
3.54 avg rating — 93 ratings 
198. 
Operation Yao Ming: The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of an NBA Superstar
by:
Brook Larmer
4.11 avg rating — 97 ratings 