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A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking, 1988
- Author: Stephen Hawking
- Genre: Science
- Publisher: Bantam Books
- Publication Year: 1988
- Pages: 212
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0553380163
- Rating: 4,2 ★★★★☆
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A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara, 2015
- Author: Hanya Yanagihara
- Genre: General Fiction
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Publication Year: 2015
- Pages: 720
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0385539258
- Rating: 4,3 ★★★★★
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A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams, 1947
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- Genre: Drama
- Publisher: New Directions
- Publication Year: 1947
- Pages: 160
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0140481341
- Rating: 4,3 ★★★★★
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A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson, 1998
- Author: Bill Bryson
- Genre: Travel
- Publisher: Broadway Books
- Publication Year: 1997
- Pages: 397
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0767902526
- Rating: 4,1 ★★★★☆
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American Gods, Neil Gaiman, 2001
- Author: Neil Gaiman
- Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
- Publisher: William Morrow
- Publication Year: 2001
- Pages: 465
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0062472107
- Rating: 4,2 ★★★★☆
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Churchill, Andrew Roberts, 2018
- Author: Andrew Roberts
- Genre: Biography
- Publisher: Viking
- Publication Year: 2018
- Pages: 1152
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1501139154
- Rating: 4,6 ★★★★★
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Einstein, Walter Isaacson, 2007
- Author: Walter Isaacson
- Genre: Biography
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year: 2007
- Pages: 704
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0316548188
- Rating: 4,5 ★★★★★
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Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson, 2017
- Author: Walter Isaacson
- Genre: Biography
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year: 2017
- Pages: 624
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0553380163
- Rating: 4,7 ★★★★★
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Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela, 1994
- Author: Nelson Mandela
- Genre: Biography
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Publication Year: 1994
- Pages: 656
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1451648539
- Rating: 4,4 ★★★★★
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Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, 2011
- Author: Walter Isaacson
- Genre: Biography
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year: 2011
- Pages: 656
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0385539302
- Rating: 4,5 ★★★★★
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The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, 1947
- Author: Anne Frank
- Genre: Biography
- Publisher: Bantam Books
- Publication Year: 2001
- Pages: 283
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0743264747
- Rating: 4,6 ★★★★★
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When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi, 2016
- Author: Paul Kalanithi
- Genre: Biography
- Publisher: Random House
- Publication Year: 2016
- Pages: 228
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0143118756
- Rating: 4,5 ★★★★★
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Being Mortal, Atul Gawande, 2014
- Author: Atul Gawande
- Genre: BioMedicine
- Publisher: Metropolitan Books
- Publication Year: 2014
- Pages: 304
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1250077031
- Rating: 4,4 ★★★★★
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Complications, Atul Gawande, 2002
- Author: Atul Gawande
- Genre: BioMedicine
- Publisher: Metropolitan Books
- Publication Year: 2002
- Pages: 269
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0312427299
- Rating: 4,1 ★★★★☆
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How Not to Die, Michael Greger, 2015
- Author: Michael Greger
- Genre: BioMedicine
- Publisher: Flatiron Books
- Publication Year: 2015
- Pages: 576
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1250066110
- Rating: 4,0 ★★★★☆
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Medical Apartheid, Harriet Washington, 2006
- Author: Harriet Washington
- Genre: BioMedicine
- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Publication Year: 2006
- Pages: 528
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0767915472
- Rating: 4,3 ★★★★★
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The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee, 2010
- Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Genre: BioMedicine
- Publisher: Scribner
- Publication Year: 2010
- Pages: 592
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1439170974
- Rating: 4,2 ★★★★☆
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, 2010
- Author: Rebecca Skloot
- Genre: BioMedicine
- Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
- Publication Year: 2009
- Pages: 381
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1400052189
- Rating: 4,2 ★★★★☆
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks, 1985
- Author: Oliver Sacks
- Genre: BioMedicine
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Touchstone)
- Publication Year: 1980
- Pages: 243
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0684853949
- Rating: 4,1 ★★★★☆
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A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams, 1947
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- Genre: Drama
- Publisher: New Directions
- Publication Year: 1947
- Pages: 160
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0140481341
- Rating: 4,3 ★★★★★
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Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, 1949
- Author: Arthur Miller
- Genre: Drama
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Publication Year: 1940
- Pages: 112
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0143106135
- Rating: 4,7 ★★★★★
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Fences, August Wilson, 1986
- Author: August Wilson
- Genre: Drama
- Publisher: Plume
- Publication Year: 1986
- Pages: 101
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1559363020
- Rating: 4,3 ★★★★★
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Hamlet, William Shakespeare, 1603
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Drama
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Publication Year: 1603
- Pages: 342
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0743273299
- Rating: 4,4 ★★★★★
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The Crucible, Arthur Miller, 1953
- Author: Arthur Miller
- Genre: Drama
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Publication Year: 1953
- Pages: 176
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0142437339
- Rating: 4,1 ★★★★☆
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Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett, 1952
- Author: Samuel Beckett
- Genre: Drama
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Publication Year: 1956
- Pages: 143
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0802144423
- Rating: 4,2 ★★★★☆
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee, 1962
- Author: Edward Albee
- Genre: Drama
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Year: 1962
- Pages: 242
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0451158710
- Rating: 4,2 ★★★★☆
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A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara, 2015
- Author: Hanya Yanagihara
- Genre: General Fiction
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Publication Year: 2015
- Pages: 720
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0385539258
- Rating: 4,3 ★★★★★
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Beloved, Toni Morrison, 1987
- Author: Toni Morrison
- Genre: General Fiction
- Publisher: Scribner
- Publication Year: 1987
- Pages: 324
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1400033416
- Rating: 4,0 ★★★★☆
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Normal People, Sally Rooney, 2018
- Author: Sally Rooney
- Genre: General Fiction
- Publisher: Hogarth
- Publication Year: 2018
- Pages: 273
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0571334650
- Rating: 3,8 ★★★★☆
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The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt, 2013
- Author: Donna Tartt
- Genre: General Fiction
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Publication Year: 2013
- Pages: 771
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0316055437
- Rating: 3,9 ★★★★☆
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The Help, Kathryn Stockett, 2009
- Author: Kathryn Stockett
- Genre: General Fiction
- Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books (Putnam)
- Publication Year: 2009
- Pages: 464
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0399155345
- Rating: 4,4 ★★★★★
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The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, 2011
- Author: Erin Morgenstern
- Genre: General Fiction
- Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books (Putnam)
- Publication Year: 2011
- Pages: 387
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0307743657
- Rating: 4,0 ★★★★☆
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The Road, Cormac McCarthy, 2006
- Author: Cormac McCarthy
- Genre: General Fiction
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
- Publication Year: 2006
- Pages: 287
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0307387899
- Rating: 3,9 ★★★★☆
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Bad Blood, John Carreyrou, 2018
- Author: John Carreyrou
- Genre: General Nonfiction
- Publisher: Knopf
- Publication Year: 2018
- Pages: 352
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0060731335
- Rating: 4,8 ★★★★★
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Becoming, Michelle Obama, 2018
- Author: Michelle Obama
- Genre: General Nonfiction
- Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
- Publication Year: 2018
- Pages: 448
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1524763138
- Rating: 4,4 ★★★★★
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Educated, Tara Westover, 2018
- Author: Tara Westover
- Genre: General Nonfiction
- Publisher: Random House
- Publication Year: 2018
- Pages: 352
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0399590504
- Rating: 4,5 ★★★★★
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Freakonomics, Levitt & Dubner, 2005
- Author: Levitt & Dubner
- Genre: General Nonfiction
- Publisher: William Morrow
- Publication Year: 2005
- Pages: 336
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0060733322
- Rating: 4,7 ★★★★★
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Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer, 1997
- Author: Jon Krakauer
- Genre: General Nonfiction
- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Publication Year: 1996
- Pages: 416
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0385486804
- Rating: 4,3 ★★★★★
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The Body, Bill Bryson, 2019
- Author: Bill Bryson
- Genre: General Nonfiction
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Publication Year: 2019
- Pages: 464
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1524756246
- Rating: 4,6 ★★★★★
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The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, 2000
- Author: Malcolm Gladwell
- Genre: General Nonfiction
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Publication Year: 2000
- Pages: 301
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0316346627
- Rating: 4,3 ★★★★★
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Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond, 1997
- Author: Jared Diamond
- Genre: History
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year: 1997
- Pages: 480
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0393354320
- Rating: 4,4 ★★★★★
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SPQR, Mary Beard, 2015
- Author: Mary Beard
- Genre: History
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year: 2015
- Pages: 608
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1631492228
- Rating: 4,5 ★★★★★
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The Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson, 2002
- Author: Rick Atkinson
- Genre: History
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Publication Year: 2014
- Pages: 896
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0805062909
- Rating: 4,5 ★★★★★
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William Shirer, 1960
- Author: William Shirer
- Genre: History
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publication Year: 1901
- Pages: 1616
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0671728687
- Rating: 4,4 ★★★★★
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The Second World War, Antony Beevor, 2012
- Author: Antony Beevor
- Genre: History
- Publisher: Modern Library
- Publication Year: 2012
- Pages: 880
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0316023746
- Rating: 4,4 ★★★★★
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The Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan, 2015
- Author: Peter Frankopan
- Genre: History
- Publisher: Liveright
- Publication Year: 2015
- Pages: 636
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1101912379
- Rating: 4,4 ★★★★★
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The Wright Brothers, David McCullough, 2015
- Author: David McCullough
- Genre: History
- Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
- Publication Year: 2015
- Pages: 336
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1476728742
- Rating: 4,6 ★★★★★
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Dracula, Bram Stoker, 1897
- Author: Bram Stoker
- Genre: Horror/Gothic
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Publication Year: 1897
- Pages: 418
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0486411095
- Rating: 4,0 ★★★★☆
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Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, 1818
- Author: Mary Shelley
- Genre: Horror/Gothic
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Publication Year: 1818
- Pages: 280
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0486282114
- Rating: 4,1 ★★★★☆
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Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice, 1976
- Author: Anne Rice
- Genre: Horror/Gothic
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
- Publication Year: 1976
- Pages: 342
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0345337665
- Rating: 4,2 ★★★★☆
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Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 2020
- Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Genre: Horror/Gothic
- Publisher: Del Rey
- Publication Year: 2020
- Pages: 320
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0525620785
- Rating: 4,0 ★★★★☆
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The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson, 1959
- Author: Shirley Jackson
- Genre: Horror/Gothic
- Publisher: Viking Press
- Publication Year: 1959
- Pages: 246
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0143039983
- Rating: 4,0 ★★★★☆
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, 1890
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Horror/Gothic
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Publication Year: 1890
- Pages: 254
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0141439570
- Rating: 4,1 ★★★★☆
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