What are the most 'exciting nonfiction' books?
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What do readers say about The Devil in the White City?
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.
"Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonf... Read more about The Devil in the White City
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What do readers say about The Spy and the Traitor?
If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see hi... Read more about The Spy and the Traitor
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What do readers say about The Cold War?
The definitive history of the Cold War and its impact around the world
We tend to think of the Cold War as a bounded conflict: a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, born out of the ashes of World War II and coming to a ... Read more about The Cold War
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What do readers say about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil?
Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks... Read more about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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What do readers say about The Billion Dollar Spy?
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year
It was the height of the Cold War, and a dangerous time to be stationed in the Soviet Union. One evening, while the chief of the CIA's Moscow station was filling his gas tank, a stranger approached and drop... Read more about The Billion Dollar Spy
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Empire of Pain-a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussi... Read more about Say Nothing
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What do readers say about In Cold Blood?
The chilling true crime 'non-fiction novel' that made Truman Capote's name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of journalistic skill and powerfully evocative narrative published in Penguin Modern Classics.
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What do readers say about The Feather Thief?
As heard on NPR's This American Life
"Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller." -Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
"One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever." ... Read more about The Feather Thief
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What do readers say about Shadow Divers?
New York Times Bestseller
In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery-and mak... Read more about Shadow Divers
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National Bestseller
"A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism." -PEOPLE
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer J... Read more about Into Thin Air
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