Most Interesting Books About Real People, Real Places & Real Events

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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 Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,786 ratings
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Looking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back: English/ Spanish
Looking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back: English/ Spanish it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,923 ratings
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A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,081 ratings
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Private Battles and The Khaki Cage
Private Battles and The Khaki Cage 4.46 avg rating — 13 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 — 29,466 ratings
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The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times 4.19 avg rating — 77,389 ratings
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Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe
Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe 4.14 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Pendulum has Swung too far
The Pendulum has Swung too far 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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White Boy in Watts
White Boy in Watts 3.89 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Bournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls
Bournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,257 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,930 ratings
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Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter 3.84 avg rating — 28,505 ratings
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Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating — 269,451 ratings
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Hiding From Myself: My Complicated Rebirth into Womanhood and My Own Skin
Hiding From Myself: My Complicated Rebirth into Womanhood and My Own Skin 4.01 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Separate Things: A Memoir
Separate Things: A Memoir 4.16 avg rating — 86 ratings
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ELIS: Irish call girl
ELIS: Irish call girl 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,541 ratings
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Finding Jesus at the Border
Finding Jesus at the Border 3.94 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,406 ratings
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Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by: Suki Kim
3.93 avg rating — 21,803 ratings
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All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie 4.09 avg rating — 13,650 ratings
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TWAS The Year 2020
TWAS The Year 2020 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon 4.24 avg rating — 64,227 ratings
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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember 4.09 avg rating — 27,696 ratings
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44,233 ratings
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As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride 4.18 avg rating — 73,031 ratings
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness 4.06 avg rating — 84,158 ratings
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Dry
Dry 4.03 avg rating — 97,582 ratings
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They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy 4.42 avg rating — 50,185 ratings
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 4.20 avg rating — 1,154,338 ratings
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Dolly Parton Songteller: My Life in Lyrics: My Life in Lyrics
Dolly Parton Songteller: My Life in Lyrics: My Life in Lyrics 4.02 avg rating — 26,763 ratings
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Conspiracy of Fools
Conspiracy of Fools 4.20 avg rating — 6,530 ratings
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How Reading Changed My Life
How Reading Changed My Life 3.82 avg rating — 4,430 ratings
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Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog 4.14 avg rating — 475,410 ratings
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A Civil Action
A Civil Action 3.99 avg rating — 16,814 ratings
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The Lanfranc Boys
The Lanfranc Boys 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Alejandro, Lady Gaga and a Billion Dollar Farce
Alejandro, Lady Gaga and a Billion Dollar Farce 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Lies, Lust and Love Over Lunch: A Matchmaker's Lessons of Rhythm and Blues
Lies, Lust and Love Over Lunch: A Matchmaker's Lessons of Rhythm and Blues 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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L'Americain: A Photojournalist's Life
L'Americain: A Photojournalist's Life 4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
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A Beard in Nepal
A Beard in Nepal 3.61 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Torn From The Inside Out
Torn From The Inside Out 4.31 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Diaries of a College Girl
Diaries of a College Girl 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings
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No Tears for My Father: A true story of incest
No Tears for My Father: A true story of incest 4.55 avg rating — 154 ratings
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A Naive Heart
A Naive Heart 3.23 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life
Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life 3.91 avg rating — 2,072 ratings
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Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China
Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China 3.98 avg rating — 631 ratings
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War Front to Store Front: Americans Rebuilding Trust and Hope in Nations Under Fire
War Front to Store Front: Americans Rebuilding Trust and Hope in Nations Under Fire 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Grace
Grace 3.81 avg rating — 1,114 ratings
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With Love, The Argentina Family: Memories of Tango and Kugel; Mate with Knishes
With Love, The Argentina Family: Memories of Tango and Kugel; Mate with Knishes 3.93 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Inside/Outside
Inside/Outside 3.56 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Quit or Die Trying
Quit or Die Trying 4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings
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What I Did On My Midlife Crisis Vacation
What I Did On My Midlife Crisis Vacation 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Letter from Alabama: The Inspiring True Story of Strangers Who Saved a Child and Changed a Family Forever
Letter from Alabama: The Inspiring True Story of Strangers Who Saved a Child and Changed a Family Forever 3.56 avg rating — 201 ratings
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Living With Thyroid Cancer
Living With Thyroid Cancer 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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My Restoration Journey: The True Story of Erica Kramer
My Restoration Journey: The True Story of Erica Kramer 4.56 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Cuba Open from the Inside: Travels in the Forbidden Land
Cuba Open from the Inside: Travels in the Forbidden Land 3.46 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server
Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server 3.51 avg rating — 2,713 ratings
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In the Belly of the Elephant: A Memoir of Africa
In the Belly of the Elephant: A Memoir of Africa 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Audition: A Memoir
Audition: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 6,880 ratings
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Divorced and Scared No More!: Dating After Divorce: From Lemons to Zesty Lemon Sorbet
Divorced and Scared No More!: Dating After Divorce: From Lemons to Zesty Lemon Sorbet
by: Tasher
4.61 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Bet You Didn't Think MS Could Look This Good, Ramblings of a Medicated Mind
Bet You Didn't Think MS Could Look This Good, Ramblings of a Medicated Mind 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Burke - Now and Then
Burke - Now and Then 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
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#Caste is Not a Rumour: The Online Diary of Rohith Vemula
#Caste is Not a Rumour: The Online Diary of Rohith Vemula 3.90 avg rating — 62 ratings
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On The Frontlines Of The Television War: A Legendary War Cameraman In Vietnam
On The Frontlines Of The Television War: A Legendary War Cameraman In Vietnam 4.21 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Uncorked : My year in Provence studying pétanque, discovering Chagall, drinking pastis, and mangling French
Uncorked : My year in Provence studying pétanque, discovering Chagall, drinking pastis, and mangling French 3.81 avg rating — 501 ratings
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Through Innocent Eyes: The Chosen Girls of the Hitler Youth
Through Innocent Eyes: The Chosen Girls of the Hitler Youth 4.38 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos & Letters
Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos & Letters 3.84 avg rating — 637 ratings
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Switched On: The Heart and Mind of a Special Agent
Switched On: The Heart and Mind of a Special Agent really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Hell I Can't
The Hell I Can't 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Open
Open 4.32 avg rating — 139,841 ratings
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The History of Hip Hop
The History of Hip Hop 3.43 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Paris Husband: How It Really Was Between Ernest and Hadley Hemingway
The Paris Husband: How It Really Was Between Ernest and Hadley Hemingway 3.58 avg rating — 103 ratings
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Laughing All the Way to the Bank (Robbery): My Education at Con College
Laughing All the Way to the Bank (Robbery): My Education at Con College 4.33 avg rating — 61 ratings
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The Hitchhiker Man
The Hitchhiker Man
by: Matt Fox
4.02 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Maybe You Will Survive: A Holocaust Memoir
Maybe You Will Survive: A Holocaust Memoir 4.45 avg rating — 1,550 ratings
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The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns
The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns 3.31 avg rating — 305 ratings
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The Girl in Kyoto: Bittersweet Memories of One Traditional Family in Japan
The Girl in Kyoto: Bittersweet Memories of One Traditional Family in Japan 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Early Thursday: A War, A Hurricane, A Miracle!
Early Thursday: A War, A Hurricane, A Miracle! 4.62 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Story Keeper
The Story Keeper 4.32 avg rating — 127 ratings
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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced 3.83 avg rating — 23,920 ratings
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Lucky Jack
Lucky Jack
by: S. Bavey
4.69 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink 3.72 avg rating — 1,922 ratings
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Saga Land
Saga Land 4.03 avg rating — 2,658 ratings
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The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings, Prayers, and Sayings of St. Thérèse
The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings, Prayers, and Sayings of St. Thérèse 4.43 avg rating — 19,754 ratings
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The Widow Chose Red?: My Journey with Jesus, John, and ALS
The Widow Chose Red?: My Journey with Jesus, John, and ALS it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black 3.72 avg rating — 204,776 ratings
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A Beard in Nepal 2: Return to the Village
A Beard in Nepal 2: Return to the Village 3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings
89.
My Justice
My Justice 4.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Horrie The War Dog: The Story of Australia's Most Famous Dog
Horrie The War Dog: The Story of Australia's Most Famous Dog 4.21 avg rating — 237 ratings
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How to Catch a Cheater in 48 Hours or Less!: Exercise Your Right to Know the Truth!
How to Catch a Cheater in 48 Hours or Less!: Exercise Your Right to Know the Truth! 4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life
Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life 3.82 avg rating — 10,172 ratings
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A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi
A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi 3.74 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
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Lamb Of Legacy
Lamb Of Legacy 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1)
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 33,313 ratings
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Three Against the Wilderness
Three Against the Wilderness 4.43 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People 4.32 avg rating — 2,616 ratings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 569,020 ratings
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