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Killing the Bismarck by Iain Ballantyne, Jonathon Band

Satan tango by László Krasznahorkai

"Set in an isolated hamlet, Satantango unfolds over the course of a few rain-soaked days. Only a dozen inhabitants remain …

The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London, #5.5)

Polio: an American story by David M. Oshinsky

[This book] tells the ... story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from …

Alexander Hamilton by Teri Kanefield

The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. He envisioned something else: a multi-racial, …

Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler

Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #7)

In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives …

Passing by Nella Larsen

First published to critical acclaim in 1929, Passing firmly established Nella Larsen's prominence among women writers of the Harlem Renaissance.

Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

A memoir of the author's experiences as a nurse and certified midwife in 1950's London. She worked in the poor …

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of …

Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene

Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey-Maturin (1))

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin form a friendship in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Life aboard a man-of-war …

Berlin Game by Len Deighton

The Recognitions (Penguin Classics) by William Gaddis

Wise blood by Flannery O'Connor

Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature. It is the story of …