Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of SaddamLaurie Becklund★★★★★4.5(318)Praise for Between Two Worlds : "...a torrent of vividly recalled memories [that] reads with the sort of artless verve...
The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the SensesChandler Burr★★★★★4.5(301)From Publishers Weekly Nobody knows for sure what makes our noses work the way they do, not even the $20-billion-a-year...
82 Days on Okinawa: One American's Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War's Greatest BattleRobert L. Wise★★★★★4.5(301)A gritty, first-person account remembered from the vantage point of 75 years later. One can hear Shaw’s voice as if...
The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy (New York Review Books Classics)Michael McCarthy★★★★★4.5(301)“McCarthy takes his readers on an idiosyncratic and wonderful walk through his joy of nature. Like some of the...
Band of Sisters: American Women at War in IraqKirsten Holmstedt★★★★★4.5(298)About the Author Kirsten Holmstedt is a graduate of Drake University’s School of Journalism and the University of...
My Beautiful StruggleJordan Bone★★★★★4.5(297)Jordan Bone is a popular YouTuber, making beauty videos as well as opening up about her own life and sharing...
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam CookePeter Guralnick★★★★★4.5(284)Peter Guralnick 's books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and...
Barnum's Own Story: The Autobiography of P. T. BarnumP. T. Barnum★★★★★4.5(280)P. T. Barnum's career of showmanship and charlatanry was marked by a surprising undercurrent of honesty and...
Mud, Blood and Bullets: Memoirs of a Machine Gunner on the Western FrontEdward Rowbotham★★★★★4.5(271)Edward Rowbotham survived a bullet wound to the temple, and won the Military Medal for bravery. Janet Tucker is Edward...
Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports ScandalKen Bensinger★★★★★4.5(270)A gripping white-collar crime thriller that, in its scope and human drama, ranks with some of the best investigative...
Bad Call: A Summer Job on a New York AmbulanceMike Scardino★★★★★4.5(270) Bad Call is a compulsively readable, totally unforgettable memoir that recounts a sensitive college student's...
The Magnificent Bastards: The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968Keith William Nolan★★★★★4.5(268)Throughout 1968, U.S. Marine Corps units patrolled to the edge of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and manned combat...
Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee BoyCarlos M. N. Eire★★★★★4.5(265)A mix of insightful observation, humor, and heartfelt emotion. . . . Easily one of the more impressive memoirs on the...
Mark Twain: Man in White: The Grand Adventure of His Final YearsMichael Shelden★★★★★4.5(264)From Publishers Weekly Shelden ( Orwell ) centers on the writer's signature white suit—which first raised a ruckus...
WILLIAM & CATHERINE: Their StoryAndrew Morton★★★★★4.5(264)Andrew Morton--authorxa0of the groundbreaking 1992 biography Diana: Her True Story-- presents a photo-laden,...
Ho Chi Minh: A LifeWilliam J. Duiker★★★★★4.5(260)Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) fought for half a century to free Vietnam from foreign domination, and the story of his life...
Galileo: And the Science DeniersMario Livio★★★★★4.5(259)One would have hoped that the Galileo story could be treated just as the fascinating history this book makes clear it...
The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True StoryJoel Ben Izzy★★★★★4.5(259)From Publishers Weekly First-time author ben Izzy's vocation as a professional storyteller may fill his life with heady...
Delirious: My Journey with the Band, a Growing Family, and an Army of HistorymakersCraig Borlase★★★★★4.5(258)About the Author Martin Smith was the lead singer for the worship band Delirious? for seventeen years. Delirious? won...
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a GenerationEboo Patel★★★★★4.5(257)From Publishers Weekly Patel, a former Rhodes scholar with a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford, is the...
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black AmericaMarcia Chatelain★★★★★4.5(256)A] smart and capacious history. . . . Throughout this impressively judicious book, [Chatelain] is attuned to the...
The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American FreethoughtSusan Jacoby★★★★★4.5(248)“A must-read book.” —Bill Moyers, from “Moyers & Co” interview (Bill Moyers Moyers & Co. )“Jacoby succeeds...
Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' MediciMiles J. Unger★★★★★4.5(239)This portrait of the 'uncrowned ruler of Florence' does great justice to this most intriguing of all Renaissance...
Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolph ChurchillRalph G. Martin★★★★★4.5(232)Having spent 30 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, Ralph Martin's Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolf Churchill...