Non-Fiction that reads like fiction

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating β€” 114,826 ratings
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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II 3.73 avg rating β€” 31,441 ratings
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Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 4.01 avg rating β€” 11,080 ratings
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The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1) 4.42 avg rating β€” 25,861 ratings
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey 4.21 avg rating β€” 74,678 ratings
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures 4.20 avg rating β€” 87,602 ratings
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women 4.16 avg rating β€” 176,407 ratings
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific 3.87 avg rating β€” 25,981 ratings
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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory 4.03 avg rating β€” 22,520 ratings
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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 4.12 avg rating β€” 57,734 ratings
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The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage
The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage 4.04 avg rating β€” 937 ratings
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner 4.26 avg rating β€” 26,525 ratings
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The King's Speech
The King's Speech 3.71 avg rating β€” 10,188 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 β€” 81,017 ratings
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Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe 3.89 avg rating — 4,568 ratings
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The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen 4.19 avg rating β€” 10,676 ratings
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Dust Tracks on a Road
Dust Tracks on a Road 4.11 avg rating β€” 8,197 ratings
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Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War 4.27 avg rating β€” 2,101 ratings
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claras-war
claras-war 4.20 avg rating β€” 9,270 ratings
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A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back 3.95 avg rating β€” 13,681 ratings
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Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson
Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson 3.74 avg rating β€” 351 ratings
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating β€” 138,474 ratings
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating β€” 488,847 ratings
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Sword and Blossom: A British Officer's Enduring Love for a Japanese Woman
Sword and Blossom: A British Officer's Enduring Love for a Japanese Woman 3.71 avg rating β€” 202 ratings
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Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish
Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish 4.20 avg rating β€” 7,339 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 β€” 10,103 ratings
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Cosmos
Cosmos 4.40 avg rating β€” 155,631 ratings
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul 3.63 avg rating β€” 13,089 ratings
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating β€” 56,859 ratings
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Round Ireland with a Fridge
Round Ireland with a Fridge 3.81 avg rating β€” 20,290 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 β€” 36,512 ratings
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Georgette Heyer's Regency World
Georgette Heyer's Regency World 4.02 avg rating β€” 3,869 ratings
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The Population Bomb
The Population Bomb 3.10 avg rating β€” 565 ratings
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Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge
Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge 3.69 avg rating β€” 8,259 ratings
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Disarmed: The Story of the Venus de Milo
Disarmed: The Story of the Venus de Milo 3.67 avg rating β€” 165 ratings
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Eiffel's Tower and the World's Fair: Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count
Eiffel's Tower and the World's Fair: Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count 3.78 avg rating β€” 3,318 ratings
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Path to Freedom: My Story of Perseverance
Path to Freedom: My Story of Perseverance 4.52 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
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John Lennon: In Their Own Write, A Loving Tribute From His Friends and Fans
John Lennon: In Their Own Write, A Loving Tribute From His Friends and Fans 3.56 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
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Yankee, Go Home
Yankee, Go Home 4.20 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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The Pigman & Me (The Pigman, #3)
The Pigman & Me (The Pigman, #3) 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,022 ratings
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One Voice Raised: A Triumph Over Rape
One Voice Raised: A Triumph Over Rape 4.15 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Thy Kingdom Come: Piercing the Sacred Veil
Thy Kingdom Come: Piercing the Sacred Veil
by: Mia DiDio
3.86 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World
The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World 3.75 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Love at the Speed of Email
Love at the Speed of Email 3.68 avg rating β€” 285 ratings
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Paradise Rediscovered: The Roots of Civilisation
Paradise Rediscovered: The Roots of Civilisation 4.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Dying in Indian Country: A Family Journey from Self-destruction to Opposing Tribal Sovereignty
Dying in Indian Country: A Family Journey from Self-destruction to Opposing Tribal Sovereignty
by: Beth Ward
3.79 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
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Ghetto Medic: A Father in the 'Hood
Ghetto Medic: A Father in the 'Hood 3.55 avg rating β€” 129 ratings
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Love Me When I'm Gone: The true story of life, love and loss for a Green Beret in post-9/11 war
Love Me When I'm Gone: The true story of life, love and loss for a Green Beret in post-9/11 war 4.17 avg rating β€” 159 ratings
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In the Shadow of Midnight: Daedalus, A tale of Savannah
In the Shadow of Midnight: Daedalus, A tale of Savannah 3.38 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Bill's Im-Perfect Time Management Adventure
Bill's Im-Perfect Time Management Adventure 3.61 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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A Beard in Nepal
A Beard in Nepal 3.61 avg rating β€” 148 ratings
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Torn From the Inside Out
Torn From the Inside Out 4.31 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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Paranormal Intruder
Paranormal Intruder 3.88 avg rating β€” 1,812 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 β€” 631 ratings
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Right-Hearted: Finding What's Right With a Wrong-Sided Heart
Right-Hearted: Finding What's Right With a Wrong-Sided Heart 3.74 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
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Something in the Woods is Taking People
Something in the Woods is Taking People 3.55 avg rating β€” 420 ratings
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Beneath the Bamboo: A Vietnam War Story
Beneath the Bamboo: A Vietnam War Story 4.25 avg rating β€” 288 ratings
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Nameless Indignities: Unraveling the Mystery of One of Illinois's Most Infamous Crimes
Nameless Indignities: Unraveling the Mystery of One of Illinois's Most Infamous Crimes 3.88 avg rating β€” 94 ratings
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Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 23,606 ratings
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Hidden History: An ExposΓ© of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American Politics
Hidden History: An ExposΓ© of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American Politics 4.01 avg rating β€” 339 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 β€” 33 ratings
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The Rainbow Bridge: Bridge to Inner Peace and to World Peace
The Rainbow Bridge: Bridge to Inner Peace and to World Peace 4.21 avg rating β€” 66 ratings
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The Holy Dusters: Fragments
The Holy Dusters: Fragments 4.35 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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Kilimanjaro Diaries: Or, How I Spent a Week Dreaming of Toilets, Drinking Crappy Water, and Making Bad Jokes While Having the Time of My Life
Kilimanjaro Diaries: Or, How I Spent a Week Dreaming of Toilets, Drinking Crappy Water, and Making Bad Jokes While Having the Time of My Life 3.88 avg rating β€” 529 ratings
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The Aging Gap Between Species
The Aging Gap Between Species 4.27 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
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The Best We Could: A True Story of the Afterlife and Discovering the Light Within
The Best We Could: A True Story of the Afterlife and Discovering the Light Within 4.33 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,319 ratings
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Singapore Salvation
Singapore Salvation 3.90 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
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The Sound of Gravel
The Sound of Gravel 4.30 avg rating β€” 59,146 ratings
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Am I Going To Be Okay?
Am I Going To Be Okay? 4.60 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
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Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence 4.13 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
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Buried Cities, Forgotten Gods: William Niven’s Life of Discovery and Revolution in Mexico and the American Southwest
Buried Cities, Forgotten Gods: William Niven’s Life of Discovery and Revolution in Mexico and the American Southwest really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3 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 β€” 90 ratings
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How to Be Black
How to Be Black 3.90 avg rating β€” 8,857 ratings
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Permanent Midnight
Permanent Midnight 3.96 avg rating β€” 2,203 ratings
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The New Wild West: Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown
The New Wild West: Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown 3.91 avg rating β€” 213 ratings
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Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs
Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs 4.19 avg rating β€” 412 ratings
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The Conquest of New Spain
The Conquest of New Spain 4.14 avg rating β€” 3,542 ratings
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The Fundamentals of Long Distance Relationship: Things You Need to Know About Long Distance Relationships (LDR) and Tips How to Make it Work
The Fundamentals of Long Distance Relationship: Things You Need to Know About Long Distance Relationships (LDR) and Tips How to Make it Work 4.49 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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Binding Chaos: Mass Collaboration on a Global Scale
Binding Chaos: Mass Collaboration on a Global Scale 4.39 avg rating β€” 132 ratings
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The Esoteric Apprentice
The Esoteric Apprentice 4.42 avg rating β€” 52 ratings
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Busted: A Memoir of Teenage Years
Busted: A Memoir of Teenage Years 4.29 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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Swipe to Unlock: The Primer on Technology and Business Strategy
Swipe to Unlock: The Primer on Technology and Business Strategy 4.22 avg rating β€” 3,341 ratings
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De dichter vaart tusschen twee stormen : Een herinnering
De dichter vaart tusschen twee stormen : Een herinnering really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Trailer Trash: an '80s Memoir
Trailer Trash: an '80s Memoir 4.08 avg rating β€” 509 ratings
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Cuba Libre: Una historia real de amor sobre escapar dentro y fuera de Cuba
Cuba Libre: Una historia real de amor sobre escapar dentro y fuera de Cuba 3.74 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
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Brilliance of Dawn
Brilliance of Dawn 4.67 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown 4.01 avg rating β€” 5,116 ratings
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Talking to the Sky: A Memoir of Living My Best Life in A Sh!t Show
Talking to the Sky: A Memoir of Living My Best Life in A Sh!t Show 4.25 avg rating β€” 585 ratings
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The Way of Being
The Way of Being 4.50 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America 4.40 avg rating β€” 15,749 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 β€” 1,922 ratings
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Separate Things: A Memoir
Separate Things: A Memoir 4.16 avg rating β€” 86 ratings
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Passionate Minds
Passionate Minds 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,124 ratings
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Lethal Doses: The Story Behind "The Godfather Of Fentanyl"
Lethal Doses: The Story Behind "The Godfather Of Fentanyl" 4.65 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
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Paradise Rediscovered: The Roots of Civilisation, Vol 2
Paradise Rediscovered: The Roots of Civilisation, Vol 2 really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Grief Girl: My True Story
Grief Girl: My True Story 3.67 avg rating β€” 912 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 β€” 26 ratings
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American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century
American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century 3.74 avg rating β€” 3,061 ratings
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Once Upon an Ever After (Once Upon a Road Trip #2)
Once Upon an Ever After (Once Upon a Road Trip #2) 4.28 avg rating β€” 76 ratings
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