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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,014 ratings
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,813 ratings
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The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War 3.81 avg rating — 4,036 ratings
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The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,739 ratings
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,591 ratings
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The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,380 ratings
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating — 29,465 ratings
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John Adams
John Adams 4.08 avg rating — 373,224 ratings
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era 4.40 avg rating — 33,175 ratings
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1776
1776 4.10 avg rating — 243,319 ratings
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating — 55,256 ratings
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West 4.17 avg rating — 11,230 ratings
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic 4.23 avg rating — 25,515 ratings
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A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age 3.83 avg rating — 12,692 ratings
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,272 ratings
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 196,286 ratings
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World 4.06 avg rating — 80,996 ratings
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating — 50,730 ratings
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 3.88 avg rating — 21,501 ratings
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton 4.22 avg rating — 194,761 ratings
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Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3)
Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3) 4.71 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2)
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2) 4.74 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,128 ratings
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating — 107,262 ratings
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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History 3.98 avg rating — 42,018 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,673 ratings
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Greek Fire and Its Contribution to Byzantine Might
Greek Fire and Its Contribution to Byzantine Might 4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World 4.17 avg rating — 46,199 ratings
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,015 ratings
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 3.84 avg rating — 120,599 ratings
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating — 115,969 ratings
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 4.05 avg rating — 93,175 ratings
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 22,175 ratings
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier 4.23 avg rating — 66,329 ratings
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Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire 4.28 avg rating — 2,764 ratings
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I) 4.37 avg rating — 3,468 ratings
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D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches 4.31 avg rating — 30,947 ratings
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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding 4.09 avg rating — 10,199 ratings
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2) 4.36 avg rating — 15,510 ratings
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love 3.75 avg rating — 30,045 ratings
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The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War
The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War 3.62 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2)
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2) 4.74 avg rating — 106 ratings
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating — 259,680 ratings
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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 4.01 avg rating — 36,513 ratings
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Gettysburg
Gettysburg 4.36 avg rating — 5,014 ratings
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor 3.96 avg rating — 3,855 ratings
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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created 4.12 avg rating — 20,586 ratings
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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember 4.09 avg rating — 27,686 ratings
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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 4.34 avg rating — 25,784 ratings
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,922 ratings
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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians 4.15 avg rating — 4,269 ratings
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer 4.16 avg rating — 34,157 ratings
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Byzantium: The Decline and Fall
Byzantium: The Decline and Fall 4.44 avg rating — 1,109 ratings
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The Last Days of the Incas
The Last Days of the Incas 4.20 avg rating — 6,885 ratings
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Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries
Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries 4.04 avg rating — 929 ratings
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All The Shah's Horses
All The Shah's Horses 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind 4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings
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Mexico
Mexico 3.75 avg rating — 5,547 ratings
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Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History 3.75 avg rating — 75,168 ratings
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
by: Amy Kelly
3.95 avg rating — 968 ratings
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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 3.89 avg rating — 215,175 ratings
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American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic 3.97 avg rating — 10,697 ratings
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson 3.94 avg rating — 28,832 ratings
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The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice 4.26 avg rating — 4,612 ratings
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses
A History of the World in 6 Glasses 3.81 avg rating — 32,777 ratings
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating — 33,403 ratings
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Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War
Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War 4.16 avg rating — 4,119 ratings
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American Wop - Beaver Buffalo Buttons Brass Boxing and Beer: That's why you're here!
American Wop - Beaver Buffalo Buttons Brass Boxing and Beer: That's why you're here!
by: Jack Tar
4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century 4.01 avg rating — 25,924 ratings
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Amarna Book I: Book of Ida
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida 3.94 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Nation Builder: John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the Republic
Nation Builder: John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the Republic 3.89 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Pontifex Maximus: A Short History of the Popes
Pontifex Maximus: A Short History of the Popes 3.91 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Japan's Pacific War: The Great Asia-Pacific War and Japanese strategic conundrum
Japan's Pacific War: The Great Asia-Pacific War and Japanese strategic conundrum 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Small Island, Big History: Essays On the British Empire
Small Island, Big History: Essays On the British Empire it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century
The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century 4.18 avg rating — 1,435 ratings
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Iran from Crown to Turbans
Iran from Crown to Turbans 4.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt 4.13 avg rating — 6,168 ratings
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The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures 3.81 avg rating — 1,640 ratings
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Der Morgen der Welt: Geschichte der Renaissance
Der Morgen der Welt: Geschichte der Renaissance 4.53 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Historiën
Historiën
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,680 ratings
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1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World
1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World 3.89 avg rating — 203 ratings
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One Summer: America, 1927
One Summer: America, 1927 4.10 avg rating — 53,982 ratings
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An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India 4.17 avg rating — 12,326 ratings
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Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy 4.18 avg rating — 1,805 ratings
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The Good German of Nanking : The Diaries of John Rabe
The Good German of Nanking : The Diaries of John Rabe
by: John Rabe
4.11 avg rating — 528 ratings
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Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery: An Illustrated History
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery: An Illustrated History 4.17 avg rating — 490 ratings
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Ideas That Changed the World
Ideas That Changed the World 3.77 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Peter the Great: His Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World 4.15 avg rating — 22,817 ratings
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4.13 avg rating — 157,293 ratings
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The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan
The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan 4.04 avg rating — 935 ratings
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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 4.28 avg rating — 5,078 ratings
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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America 4.16 avg rating — 8,535 ratings
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Byzantium: The Apogee
Byzantium: The Apogee 4.41 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
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Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates 3.68 avg rating — 10,101 ratings
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The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe And the Birth of Warfare As We Know It
The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe And the Birth of Warfare As We Know It 3.80 avg rating — 596 ratings
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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
by: Jim Dwyer
4.30 avg rating — 12,176 ratings
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Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization
Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization 3.96 avg rating — 442 ratings
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 179,473 ratings
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