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Biography & Memoir132
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion
4.18 average rating, · 87k ratings
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Friday Night Lights
H.G. Bissinger
4.14 average rating, · 67.9k ratings
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The White Album
Joan Didion
4.01 average rating, · 52.7k ratings
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Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
Evan Wright
4.30 average rating, · 21k ratings
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The Shadow of the Sun
Ryszard Kapuściński
4.39 average rating, · 17.8k ratings
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Dispatches
Michael Herr
4.22 average rating, · 22.4k ratings
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Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
Hunter S. Thompson
4.13 average rating, · 25k ratings
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Going There
Katie Couric
4.04 average rating, · 25.7k ratings
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
4.26 average rating, · 14.1k ratings
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The Breaks of the Game
David Halberstam
4.22 average rating, · 13.6k ratings
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No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
Glenn Greenwald
4.07 average rating, · 15.3k ratings
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The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time
Hunter S. Thompson
4.10 average rating, · 14.5k ratings
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Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson
Jann S. Wenner
4.10 average rating, · 12.5k ratings
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Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson
Paul Perry
4.32 average rating, · 9.4k ratings
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Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing
Robert A. Caro
4.45 average rating, · 7.8k ratings
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Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Maggie Haberman
4.09 average rating, · 10.8k ratings
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How to Stand Up to a Dictator
Maria Ressa
4.36 average rating, · 7.9k ratings
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Travels with Herodotus
Ryszard Kapuściński
4.05 average rating, · 10.2k ratings
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The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat
Ryszard Kapuściński
4.08 average rating, · 9.6k ratings
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The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
Matthieu Aikins
4.18 average rating, · 7.5k ratings
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The Making of the President 1960
Theodore H. White
4.15 average rating, · 8k ratings
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Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
William L. Shirer
4.34 average rating, · 6.6k ratings
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Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
David Halberstam
4.28 average rating, · 6.9k ratings
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Pulphead
John Jeremiah Sullivan
4.00 average rating, · 8.3k ratings
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