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Cultural87
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The Player of Games
Iain M. Banks
4.28 average rating, · 83k ratings
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Use of Weapons
Iain M. Banks
4.16 average rating, · 53.9k ratings
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Surface Detail
Iain M. Banks
4.27 average rating, · 30.8k ratings
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Excession
Iain M. Banks
4.20 average rating, · 35.2k ratings
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The Hydrogen Sonata
Iain M. Banks
4.21 average rating, · 26.1k ratings
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Matter
Iain M. Banks
4.11 average rating, · 30.4k ratings
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Alex Ross
4.11 average rating, · 16k ratings
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The War on the West: An Instant NYT Bestselling History of the Modern World
Douglas Murray
4.26 average rating, · 9.9k ratings
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The History of Jazz
Ted Gioia
4.07 average rating, · 5.8k ratings
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Not a Day Goes By
E. Lynn Harris
4.30 average rating, · 4.6k ratings
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How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
Egill Bjarnason
4.08 average rating, · 4.9k ratings
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Them: Why We Hate Each Other - and How to Heal
Ben Sasse
4.17 average rating, · 4.3k ratings
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Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age
Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
4.48 average rating, · 3.6k ratings
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San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities
Michael Shellenberger
4.00 average rating, · 4.6k ratings
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The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
Sam Wasson
4.10 average rating, · 3.9k ratings
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Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda
Megan Basham
4.32 average rating, · 3.2k ratings
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Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
Matt Alt
4.17 average rating, · 3.4k ratings
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The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer
David Goldblatt
4.18 average rating, · 3.1k ratings
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Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World!
Andrew Breitbart
4.30 average rating, · 2.9k ratings
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Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth
Catherine Pakaluk
4.33 average rating, · 2.8k ratings
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Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
Elise Hu
4.03 average rating, · 3k ratings
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Things Past Telling
Sheila Williams
4.38 average rating, · 2.6k ratings
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Worn: A People's History of Clothing
Sofi Thanhauser
4.17 average rating, · 2.6k ratings
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The Sopranos Sessions: Comprehensive critical companion breaking down every scene and symbol in The Sopranos.
Matt Zoller Seitz
4.36 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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