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  1. A Rare Recording of William S. Burroughs
    A Rare Recording of William S. Burroughs William S. Burroughs
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  2. Empress Dowager Cixi: A Life from Beginning to End
    Empress Dowager Cixi: A Life from Beginning to End Hourly History
    0
  3. Family Lexicon
    Family Lexicon Natalia Ginzburg
    4.1
  4. The Time of My Life
    The Time of My Life Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi Swayze
    4.4
  5. It's Only a Game
    It's Only a Game David Fisher, Terry Bradshaw
    4.5
  6. Het verstoorde leven
    Het verstoorde leven Etty Hillesum
    4.5
  7. AUF DER SUCHE NACH DER FANTASTISCHEN SPRACHE: Dem Linguisten und SF-Autor Werner Zillig zum 75. Geburtstag
    AUF DER SUCHE NACH DER FANTASTISCHEN SPRACHE: Dem Linguisten und SF-Autor Werner Zillig zum 75. Geburtstag
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  8. Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition
    Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition Julia Kaye
    4.1
  9. Saigon Warrior: From the Saigon Good Life to the Long Binh Jail: A Cynic's Tale
    Saigon Warrior: From the Saigon Good Life to the Long Binh Jail: A Cynic's Tale Al McDonald
    0
  10. Born to Live on the Edge: Experiences from living on a farm to flying combat sorties in Vietnam to retirement
    Born to Live on the Edge: Experiences from living on a farm to flying combat sorties in Vietnam to retirement Fredrick Pumroy
    0
  11. The Waondering King 2: The Journey through Rumination
    The Waondering King 2: The Journey through Rumination R. K. Swan
    2
  12. Power: Music, Death, Life
    Power: Music, Death, Life Pernilla Karlsson, Erik Grönwall
    5
  13. The Waondering King
    The Waondering King R. K. Swan
    2
  14. The Waondering King 3: A Letter for my Dawgs
    The Waondering King 3: A Letter for my Dawgs R. K. Swan
    1
  15. Bird Cloud: A Memoir
    Bird Cloud: A Memoir Annie Proulx
    3.8
  16. Жизнь Пушкина, рассказанная им самим и его современниками
    Жизнь Пушкина, рассказанная им самим и его современниками Коллектив авторов
    0
  17. A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York
    A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York Anjelica Huston
    4.4
  18. Summary of Kate Conger & Ryan Mac’s Character Limit
    Summary of Kate Conger & Ryan Mac’s Character Limit IRB Media
    3
  19. Summary of Eric Berger’s Reentry
    Summary of Eric Berger’s Reentry IRB Media
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  20. Summary of Melania Trump’s Melania
    Summary of Melania Trump’s Melania IRB Media
    0
  21. Shalom Mamele: Königskinder sterben nicht. Sie gehen nach Hause
    Shalom Mamele: Königskinder sterben nicht. Sie gehen nach Hause Christine Wirth
    0
  22. We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us
    We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us Allison DuBois
    4.7
  23. ’Membering
    ’Membering Austin Clarke
    4
  24. La ciudad de la euforia
    La ciudad de la euforia Rodrigo Terrasa
    5
  25. A Different Kind of Power: Read by the author, Jacinda Ardern
    A Different Kind of Power: Read by the author, Jacinda Ardern Jacinda Ardern
    4.6

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  1. The Carbon Wave: A Story of Parenthood, Activism, and the Race to Save Our Planet
    The Carbon Wave: A Story of Parenthood, Activism, and the Race to Save Our Planet Leah C. Stokes
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  2. Truth Under Fire: Australia's Second World War Correspondents
    Truth Under Fire: Australia's Second World War Correspondents Daniel Seaton
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  1. Up Close with Lee Kuan Yew - Insights from colleagues and friends
    Up Close with Lee Kuan Yew - Insights from colleagues and friends Various authors
    4.5
  2. The Best I Could
    The Best I Could Subhas Anandan
    4.7
  3. Homeless
    Homeless Liyana Dhamirah
    4.2
  4. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
    Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Phil Knight
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  5. Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story Volume 1
    Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story Volume 1 Peh Shing Huei
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  6. Scarlet Harlot
    Scarlet Harlot Gerrie Lim, Ashley Chan
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  7. Steve Jobs
    Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
    4.5
  8. This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
    This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor Adam Kay
    4.4
  9. Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly
    Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Evy Poumpouras
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  10. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
    Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Ashlee Vance
    4.4
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    I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy
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  12. The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor
    The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor Eddie Jaku
    4.8
  13. Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower
    Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower Edward Snowden
    4.5
  14. Diary of a Hotel 81 Voyeur
    Diary of a Hotel 81 Voyeur RICE media
    3.4
  15. Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
    Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family Mitch Albom
    4.7
  16. Crying in H Mart: The No. 1 New York Times bestselling memoir from indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast
    Crying in H Mart: The No. 1 New York Times bestselling memoir from indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast Michelle Zauner
    4.3
  17. Steve Jobs
    Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
    4.2
  18. Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas: Festive hospital diaries from the author of multi-million-copy hit This is Going to Hurt
    Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas: Festive hospital diaries from the author of multi-million-copy hit This is Going to Hurt Adam Kay
    4.3
  19. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami
    4.3
  20. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
    Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Mary L. Trump
    4.1
  21. Joe Biden: The Life, the Presidency, and What Matters Now
    Joe Biden: The Life, the Presidency, and What Matters Now Evan Osnos
    3.8
  22. One More Chance: The story of Benny Se Teo from heroin addict to restaurant boss
    One More Chance: The story of Benny Se Teo from heroin addict to restaurant boss Colin Cheong
    4.5
  23. Rage
    Rage Bob Woodward
    4.3
  24. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
    Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Mary L. Trump
    4.1
  25. Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China
    Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China Desmond Shum
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  1. I'm Glad My Mom Died
    I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy
    4.6
  2. I Spy: My Life in MI5
    I Spy: My Life in MI5 Tom Marcus
    4
  3. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
    Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Dolly Alderton
    4.1
  4. Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
    Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Michael Lewis
    4.3
  5. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
    Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Susannah Cahalan
    4.3
  6. Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
    Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China Jung Chang
    3.6
  7. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: The International bestseller
    I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: The International bestseller Baek Sehee
    2.7
  8. محمد صلاح: حكاية بطل
    محمد صلاح: حكاية بطل عماد أنور
    4.2
  9. Confettiregen
    Confettiregen Splinter Chabot
    4.6
  10. 4. L'amore immaginato
    4. L'amore immaginato Carolina Capria, Silvia Grasso
    4.8
  11. Family Lexicon
    Family Lexicon Natalia Ginzburg
    4.1
  12. The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir
    The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir Edmund White
    5
  13. Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knight’s Cross
    Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knight’s Cross Albrecht Wacker
    4.6
  14. Romanov: The Last Tsarist Dynasty
    Romanov: The Last Tsarist Dynasty Michael W. Simmons
    3.5
  15. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami
    4.3
  16. Famesick
    Famesick Lena Dunham
    4.3
  17. Empress Dowager Cixi: A Life from Beginning to End
    Empress Dowager Cixi: A Life from Beginning to End Hourly History
    0
  18. Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction
    Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction Oliver Gloag
    4.2
  19. I Love This Game: The Autobiography
    I Love This Game: The Autobiography Patrice Evra
    4.5
  20. 历史上的二把手
    历史上的二把手 史冷金
    0
  21. Truck It!: The Sunday Times bestseller and uplifting memoir of one man, his dog, and an epic love story
    Truck It!: The Sunday Times bestseller and uplifting memoir of one man, his dog, and an epic love story Bobby Bolton
    4.4
  22. A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
    A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons Robert M. Sapolsky
    4.7
  23. I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Further Conversations with my Psychiatrist. The Sunday Times and internationally bestselling sequel to the hit Korean therapy memoir
    I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Further Conversations with my Psychiatrist. The Sunday Times and internationally bestselling sequel to the hit Korean therapy memoir Baek Sehee
    4
  24. The Kumar Vishwas Show : Indira Gandhi
    The Kumar Vishwas Show : Indira Gandhi Dr. Kumar Vishwas
    4.3

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  3. Ancient Wisdom for Modern ReadersJohn Cassian
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