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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
King Alfred Of England Alfred The Great by Jacob Abbott
King Alfred Of England Alfred The Great
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Jacob Abbott

King Alfred Of England Alfred The Great

Jacob Abbott

148 pages • first pub 1849 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

William Kamkwamba

270 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography science hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Why the Dutch Are Different: A Journey Into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands by Ben Coates

Why the Dutch Are Different: A Journey Into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands

Ben Coates

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative slow-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

18 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

Ben Macintyre

416 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Run: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

Run: Book One

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

160 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography graphic novel history emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

203 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced