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74 reviews

The Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is—and Isn't by Steven Conn

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informative sad slow-paced

3.0

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

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adventurous funny fast-paced

4.0

A Crisis Wasted: Barack Obama's Defining Decisions by Reed Hundt

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informative medium-paced

3.0

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

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emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

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challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.5

In Search of the Multiverse: Parallel Worlds, Hidden Dimensions, and the Ultimate Quest for the Frontiers of Reality by John Gribbin

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challenging informative mysterious fast-paced

4.5

Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court by Jeff Shesol

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informative slow-paced

4.0

The King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis by James Eli Shiffer

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adventurous fast-paced

4.5

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin

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informative tense fast-paced

4.0

Gossip Men: J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the Politics of Insinuation by Christopher M. Elias

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informative medium-paced

3.0