Books by University of Chicago Alumni

1.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,400 ratings
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Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating — 150,007 ratings
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Cosmos
Cosmos 4.40 avg rating — 155,630 ratings
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Portnoy’s Complaint
Portnoy’s Complaint 3.71 avg rating — 72,175 ratings
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Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating — 22,521 ratings
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The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,693 ratings
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American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating — 86,086 ratings
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Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,760 ratings
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The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century
The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century 4.23 avg rating — 324 ratings
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark 4.29 avg rating — 78,419 ratings
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The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled 3.92 avg rating — 2,613 ratings
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The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 44,601 ratings
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Everyman
Everyman 3.62 avg rating — 21,065 ratings
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Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do 4.24 avg rating — 5,742 ratings
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Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Against Interpretation and Other Essays 4.14 avg rating — 10,000 ratings
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Regarding the Pain of Others
Regarding the Pain of Others 4.10 avg rating — 20,926 ratings
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Ill Met in Lankhmar (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1-2)
Ill Met in Lankhmar (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1-2) 4.15 avg rating — 2,966 ratings
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence 4.19 avg rating — 21,190 ratings
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Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science 4.05 avg rating — 10,817 ratings
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Henderson the Rain King
Henderson the Rain King 3.76 avg rating — 15,910 ratings
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The Good War: An Oral History of World War II
The Good War: An Oral History of World War II 4.30 avg rating — 4,770 ratings
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The Untouchables
The Untouchables 3.88 avg rating — 793 ratings
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Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,415 ratings
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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression 4.19 avg rating — 2,895 ratings
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A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories 4.19 avg rating — 29,560 ratings
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Welcome to the Monkey House
Welcome to the Monkey House 4.13 avg rating — 63,553 ratings
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American Dreams: Lost and Found
American Dreams: Lost and Found 4.15 avg rating — 389 ratings
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How to Attract the Wombat
How to Attract the Wombat 4.13 avg rating — 157 ratings
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How to Be a Hermit, or a Bachelor Keeps House
How to Be a Hermit, or a Bachelor Keeps House 3.98 avg rating — 81 ratings
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The Dark Side of Camelot
The Dark Side of Camelot 3.69 avg rating — 2,394 ratings
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My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and Its Aftermath
My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and Its Aftermath 3.80 avg rating — 479 ratings
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Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals 3.74 avg rating — 8,464 ratings
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Symbiotic Planet: A New Look at Evolution
Symbiotic Planet: A New Look at Evolution 4.02 avg rating — 935 ratings
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The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement 3.86 avg rating — 23,992 ratings
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Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There 3.62 avg rating — 4,484 ratings
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The Great Movies
The Great Movies 4.26 avg rating — 2,570 ratings
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Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom 3.90 avg rating — 14,799 ratings
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Music By Philip Glass
Music By Philip Glass 3.96 avg rating — 128 ratings
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America's House of Lords: An Inquiry into the Freedom of the Press
America's House of Lords: An Inquiry into the Freedom of the Press 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Guardian Angel (V.I. Warshawski, #7)
Guardian Angel (V.I. Warshawski, #7) 3.91 avg rating — 4,310 ratings
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Bitter Medicine (V.I. Warshawski, #4)
Bitter Medicine (V.I. Warshawski, #4) 3.89 avg rating — 5,424 ratings
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Personal History: A Memoir
Personal History: A Memoir 4.09 avg rating — 24,451 ratings
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 241,469 ratings
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A Lost Argument: A Latter-Day Novel
A Lost Argument: A Latter-Day Novel 3.70 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Nap of the Earth
Nap of the Earth 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Each Day to Me a Joy
Each Day to Me a Joy
by: Amy Azen
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Self-Defense
Self-Defense 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Following Energy: Love, Adventure, and Betrayal in a 1960s Commune
Following Energy: Love, Adventure, and Betrayal in a 1960s Commune 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Camden's Eyes
Camden's Eyes 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Before I Forget
Before I Forget really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The American short story in the twenties
The American short story in the twenties it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Maroon Tales: University Of Chicago Stories (1910)
Maroon Tales: University Of Chicago Stories (1910) 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Windy City Blues (V.I. Warshawski, #8.5)
Windy City Blues (V.I. Warshawski, #8.5) 3.85 avg rating — 2,580 ratings
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The Volcano Lover
The Volcano Lover 3.64 avg rating — 3,177 ratings
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Spectre is Haunting Texas
Spectre is Haunting Texas 3.46 avg rating — 377 ratings
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On Photography
On Photography 3.88 avg rating — 54,157 ratings
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Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 216,492 ratings
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Ravelstein
Ravelstein 3.63 avg rating — 4,116 ratings
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Stalking The Unicorn (John Justin Mallory Mystery, #1)
Stalking The Unicorn (John Justin Mallory Mystery, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 1,165 ratings
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Misery Loves Comedy
Misery Loves Comedy 3.92 avg rating — 407 ratings
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La Perdida
La Perdida 3.31 avg rating — 2,178 ratings
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The Sirens of Titan
The Sirens of Titan 4.15 avg rating — 153,685 ratings
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The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind 3.76 avg rating — 5,868 ratings
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Shakespeare's Politics
Shakespeare's Politics 4.27 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Bodies in Motion
Bodies in Motion 3.78 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy 4.37 avg rating — 13,815 ratings
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Wet: More Aqua Erotica
Wet: More Aqua Erotica 3.54 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Aqua Erotica: 18 Stories for a Steamy Bath
Aqua Erotica: 18 Stories for a Steamy Bath 3.65 avg rating — 206 ratings
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Memoirs
Memoirs 3.86 avg rating — 424 ratings
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Silence and the Word
Silence and the Word 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir
Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir 3.55 avg rating — 1,088 ratings
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A Taste of Serendib: A Sri Lankan Cookbook
A Taste of Serendib: A Sri Lankan Cookbook 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Cainite Heresy: A Sourcebook of Blasphmeous Horror for Vampire, The Dark Ages
Cainite Heresy: A Sourcebook of Blasphmeous Horror for Vampire, The Dark Ages 3.77 avg rating — 30 ratings
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GURPS WWII: Weird War II
GURPS WWII: Weird War II 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. History, Graphic Illustrated
The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. History, Graphic Illustrated 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski, #1)
Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 19,234 ratings
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Celestial Matters
Celestial Matters 3.73 avg rating — 401 ratings
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Exaltations
Exaltations 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Tunnel Vision (V.I. Warshawski, #8)
Tunnel Vision (V.I. Warshawski, #8) 3.90 avg rating — 4,566 ratings
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Two By Two Souls Fly
Two By Two Souls Fly it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Unknowable Death
Unknowable Death 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Three Steps to the Universe: From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter
Three Steps to the Universe: From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter 3.79 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3)
The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 20,400 ratings
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The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, #7)
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, #7) 4.22 avg rating — 14,542 ratings
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The Falcon at the Portal (Amelia Peabody, #11)
The Falcon at the Portal (Amelia Peabody, #11) 4.25 avg rating — 11,524 ratings
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Tony and Susan
Tony and Susan 3.21 avg rating — 10,756 ratings
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Critics and Criticism: Ancient and Modern
Critics and Criticism: Ancient and Modern 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense
On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense 3.58 avg rating — 803 ratings
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Suppressed Transmission: The First Broadcast
Suppressed Transmission: The First Broadcast 4.48 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Suppressed Transmission 2: The Second Broadcast
Suppressed Transmission 2: The Second Broadcast 4.46 avg rating — 57 ratings
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How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes
How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes 3.94 avg rating — 145 ratings
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How to Become Extinct
How to Become Extinct 3.94 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention 4.07 avg rating — 5,875 ratings
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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life 3.90 avg rating — 6,910 ratings
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The Meaning of Things: Domestic Symbols and the Self
The Meaning of Things: Domestic Symbols and the Self 3.68 avg rating — 130 ratings
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Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play
Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play 3.97 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement 4.22 avg rating — 9,341 ratings
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A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960
A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960 4.01 avg rating — 470 ratings
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Leon Golub
Leon Golub
by: Jon Bird
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Swords Against Wizardry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #4)
Swords Against Wizardry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #4) 4.10 avg rating — 4,533 ratings
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