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1

The Known World

by Edward P. Jones

6,866 members

162 reviews

3.8

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2

Homage to Catalonia

by George Orwell

6,178 members

105 reviews

4.1

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3

The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman

5,933 members

188 reviews

3.8

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4

by Mohsin Hamid

3,609 members

231 reviews

3.8

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5

by Jhumpa Lahiri

3,300 members

177 reviews

3.9

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6

Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War

by Tony Horwitz

3,138 members

77 reviews

4.1

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7

The Buddha in the Attic

by Julie Otsuka

2,611 members

204 reviews

3.8

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8

Open: An Autobiography

by André Agassi

2,247 members

94 reviews

4.1

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9

2,033 members

105 reviews

3.9

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10

The Politics of Jesus

by John Howard Yoder

1,575 members

11 reviews

½ 4.3

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11

1,573 members

51 reviews

3.8

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12

Days without End

by Sebastian Barry

1,287 members

80 reviews

4

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13

History of Wolves

by Emily Fridlund

1,284 members

78 reviews

½ 3.6

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14

The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant

by John Dominic Crossan

1,115 members

9 reviews

3.8

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15

The Lives of Others

by Neel Mukherjee

525 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

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16

by Mike McCormack

458 members

25 reviews

3.9

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17

In the Footsteps of Alexander The Great: A Journey from Greece to Asia

by Michael Wood

443 members

2 reviews

3.8

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18

The Temporary Gentleman

by Sebastian Barry

308 members

16 reviews

3.9

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19

by Rubén Martínez

219 members

6 reviews

3.9

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20

A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco

by Suzanna Clarke

196 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

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21

A History of Christianity in Asia: Beginnings to 1500

by Samuel Hugh Moffett

192 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

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22

Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia

by W. Bruce Lincoln

188 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

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23

Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong (Indigenous Americas Series)

by Paul Chaat Smith

136 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

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24

The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times

by Wolfram Eilenberger

130 members

3 reviews

3.8

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25

The Origins of Anti-Semitism: Attitudes toward Judaism in Pagan and Christian Antiquity

by John G. Gager

99 members

4 reviews

2.8

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26

by Charles Bowden

82 members

2 reviews

4

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27

History of Paradise: The Garden of Eden in Myth and Tradition

by Jean Delumeau

71 members

½ 3.5

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28

Gathering the Water

by Robert Edric

70 members

5 reviews

3.2

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29

Beneath the City Streets

by Peter Laurie

69 members

1 review

4

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30

Strange Empire: Louis Riel and the Métis People

by Joseph Kinsey Howard

68 members

5

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31

The Ruling Class of Judaea

by Martin Goodman

58 members

½ 3.5

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32

Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization

by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

54 members

1 review

4

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33

Alienated Minority: The Jews of Medieval Latin Europe

by Kenneth Stow

53 members

5

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34

The Friars and the Jews: Evolution of Medieval Anti-Judaism

by Jeremy Cohen

52 members

4

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35

The Madness of July

by James Naughtie

52 members

3 reviews

½ 2.5

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36

Thinking about God

by John Macquarrie

49 members

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37

Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism

by Brooke Kroeger

34 members

Member: amberstreet

38

Puer Tea: Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic

by Jinghong Zhang

33 members

1 review

3

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39

The Prosperous Thief

by Andrea Goldsmith

33 members

1 review

2.9

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40

A Traveller's Companion to Central Asia

by Kathleen Hopkirk

28 members

4

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41

The Quest for Origins: Who First Discovered and Settled New Zealand and the Pacific Islands?

24 members

1 review

½ 3.4

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42

Endeavouring Banks: Exploring Collections from the Endeavour Voyage 1768-1771

by Neil Chambers

22 members

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43

Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens

by John Brookes

21 members

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44

The Tea Horse Road: China's Ancient Trade Road to Tibet

by Selena Ahmed

17 members

5

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45

Jilji: Life in the Great Sandy desert

17 members

½ 3.5

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46

Gardens of Mughal India

by Sylvia Crowe

16 members

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47

Twilight on the Line: Underworlds and Politics at the Mexican Border

by Sebastian Rotella

14 members

1 review

½ 4.7

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48

Kiwi Companeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War

10 members

1 review

3.8

Member: amberstreet

49

And Their Ghosts May Be Heard...

by Rupert Gerritsen

10 members

½ 3.5

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50

The Dark Side of Technology

by Peter Townsend

6 members

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51

Magic & Divination in Ancient Palestine & Syria

5 members

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52

Aboriginal woman : sacred and profane

by Phyllis Mary Kaberry

5 members

Member: amberstreet

53

Travel in the Punjab, Afghanistan and Turkistan to Balk, Bokhara and Herat, and a Visit to Great Britain and Germany

4 members

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54

Utopia's Discontents: Russian Émigrés and the Quest for Freedom, 1830s-1930s

by Faith Hillis

4 members

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55

Mediaeval India

by Stanley Lane-Poole

1 member

Member: amberstreet

56

Wasted: A Story of Alcohol, Grief and a Death in Brisbane

1 member

Member: amberstreet

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August 2021
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