Houston/Galveston Area Books

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Brides of the Storm (Galveston Hurricane Mystery, #2)
Brides of the Storm (Galveston Hurricane Mystery, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Echoes of the Storm (Galveston Hurricane Mystery, #1)
Echoes of the Storm (Galveston Hurricane Mystery, #1) 3.47 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Galveston: A History of the Island (Chisholm Trail Series) (Volume 18)
Galveston: A History of the Island (Chisholm Trail Series) (Volume 18) 4.13 avg rating — 181 ratings
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History 4.05 avg rating — 70,022 ratings
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The Great Galveston Disaster (Hurricane Series)
The Great Galveston Disaster (Hurricane Series) 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Lab Notes
Lab Notes 3.58 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Distortion
Distortion 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Galveston Architecture Guidebook
Galveston Architecture Guidebook 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings
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A Weekend in September
A Weekend in September 4.16 avg rating — 353 ratings
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Ghost Horse
Ghost Horse 4.36 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston
Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Too Late to Die (Sheriff Dan Rhodes, #1)
Too Late to Die (Sheriff Dan Rhodes, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 771 ratings
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The Galveston That Was (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities)
The Galveston That Was (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities) 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The After Party
The After Party 3.30 avg rating — 9,537 ratings
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The Jealous Kind (Holland Family Saga #2)
The Jealous Kind (Holland Family Saga #2) 4.08 avg rating — 4,672 ratings
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Storms of Malhado
Storms of Malhado 3.91 avg rating — 181 ratings
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City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle
City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle 4.21 avg rating — 302 ratings
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Historic Houston Streets: The Stories Behind the Names
Historic Houston Streets: The Stories Behind the Names 3.40 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Secret of Blackjack Woods
The Secret of Blackjack Woods 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Painting the Town Orange:: The Stories behind Houston's Visionary Art Environments
Painting the Town Orange:: The Stories behind Houston's Visionary Art Environments 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Promise
The Promise 3.98 avg rating — 6,648 ratings
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Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom (Civil War Series)
Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom (Civil War Series) 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
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All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers 3.84 avg rating — 4,631 ratings
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True Stories of Old Houston and Houstonians
True Stories of Old Houston and Houstonians 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Red Earth and Pouring Rain 3.79 avg rating — 2,745 ratings
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The Watch: Stories (Norton Paperback Fiction)
The Watch: Stories (Norton Paperback Fiction)
by: Rick Bass
4.15 avg rating — 922 ratings
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Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston
Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Galveston: A History
Galveston: A History 3.82 avg rating — 45 ratings
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No Zoning: Artists Engage Houston
No Zoning: Artists Engage Houston 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Sig Byrd's Houston
Sig Byrd's Houston 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston
The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston 4.09 avg rating — 327 ratings
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Houston's Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving in the Bayou City
Houston's Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving in the Bayou City 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Sam Houston: The Tallest Texan
Sam Houston: The Tallest Texan 3.89 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Fresh Paint: The Houston School
Fresh Paint: The Houston School really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Houston's Silent Garden: Glenwood Cemetery, 1871-2009 (Volume 12) (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities)
Houston's Silent Garden: Glenwood Cemetery, 1871-2009 (Volume 12) (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Altered
Altered 3.73 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Scarlet Spider, Vol. 1: Life After Death
Scarlet Spider, Vol. 1: Life After Death 4.15 avg rating — 857 ratings
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Calling My Name
Calling My Name 3.47 avg rating — 1,548 ratings
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House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios
House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Half-Assed Wizard (The Half-Assed Wizard, #1)
The Half-Assed Wizard (The Half-Assed Wizard, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 401 ratings
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Matamoros: Civil War Adventure, Romance and Espionage in an Old West Border Town
Matamoros: Civil War Adventure, Romance and Espionage in an Old West Border Town 4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Ranger (Quinn Colson, #1)
The Ranger (Quinn Colson, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 7,000 ratings
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What You Wish For
What You Wish For 3.76 avg rating — 67,819 ratings
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Cuban Contraband
Cuban Contraband 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard 3.95 avg rating — 355,979 ratings
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The Legend of Charlie Fish
The Legend of Charlie Fish 4.12 avg rating — 288 ratings
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The Glory Days of Aimée Bonnard
The Glory Days of Aimée Bonnard 4.29 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Gator Kill
Gator Kill 3.81 avg rating — 108 ratings
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The Big Blow
The Big Blow 3.98 avg rating — 615 ratings
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Space Age: Houston, Prepare to Launch (Space #0.5)
Space Age: Houston, Prepare to Launch (Space #0.5) 4.17 avg rating — 626 ratings
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Friendswood
Friendswood 3.24 avg rating — 1,055 ratings
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Houston Homicide
Houston Homicide 3.21 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Murder in Space City: A cultural analysis of Houston homicide patterns
Murder in Space City: A cultural analysis of Houston homicide patterns 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Deliver Us: Three Decades of Murder and Redemption in the Infamous I-45/Texas Killing Fields
Deliver Us: Three Decades of Murder and Redemption in the Infamous I-45/Texas Killing Fields 4.04 avg rating — 1,626 ratings
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Texas City Tales: My Youthful Adventures in the 40’s and 50’s in Texas City, Texas
Texas City Tales: My Youthful Adventures in the 40’s and 50’s in Texas City, Texas it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Failure to Learn: The BP Texas City Refinery Disaster
Failure to Learn: The BP Texas City Refinery Disaster 4.18 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Dead on the Island
Dead on the Island 3.72 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Galveston: Ellis Island of the West (Suny Series in Modern Jewish History)
Galveston: Ellis Island of the West (Suny Series in Modern Jewish History) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Ray Miller's Galveston
Ray Miller's Galveston 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Complete Story of the Galveston Horror
The Complete Story of the Galveston Horror 3.69 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Hurricane Ike: A Survivor's Chronological and Contemplative Narration of the Great Storm of Galveston, 2008
Hurricane Ike: A Survivor's Chronological and Contemplative Narration of the Great Storm of Galveston, 2008 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Galveston
Galveston 4.04 avg rating — 166 ratings
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Story of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane (Hurricane Series)
Story of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane (Hurricane Series) 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Galveston Chronicles
The Galveston Chronicles 2.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Galveston Rose
Galveston Rose 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Galveston (Resurrection Man, #3)
Galveston (Resurrection Man, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 778 ratings
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The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf 3.46 avg rating — 412 ratings
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Faithful Unto Death
Faithful Unto Death 3.80 avg rating — 230 ratings
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The Man With The Candy: The Story of The Houston Mass Murders
The Man With The Candy: The Story of The Houston Mass Murders 3.81 avg rating — 1,116 ratings
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A Mammoth Murder (Sheriff Dan Rhodes, #13)
A Mammoth Murder (Sheriff Dan Rhodes, #13) 3.90 avg rating — 954 ratings