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Biography110
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History, Politics & Society98
Memoir25
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Places & World Literature17

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Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls
4.09 average rating, · 175.6k ratings
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Lust for Life
Irving Stone
4.28 average rating, · 32.3k ratings
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Robert K. Massie
4.23 average rating, · 30.2k ratings
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Maude
Donna Foley Mabry
4.11 average rating, · 39.1k ratings
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Shadows of the Workhouse
Jennifer Worth
4.17 average rating, · 27.8k ratings
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Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives
Jennifer Worth
4.30 average rating, · 19.6k ratings
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The Life of Elizabeth I
Alison Weir
4.03 average rating, · 32.9k ratings
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Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir
Clint Hill
4.26 average rating, · 19.4k ratings
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Tom Reiss
4.03 average rating, · 22.3k ratings
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Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
Darlene Deibler Rose
4.53 average rating, · 10.4k ratings
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Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
Julia Baird
4.11 average rating, · 12.5k ratings
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Jane Austen at Home
Lucy Worsley
4.16 average rating, · 11.2k ratings
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The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
Neal Bascomb
4.22 average rating, · 10.5k ratings
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Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
Deborah Heiligman
4.02 average rating, · 10.1k ratings
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Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
Charlotte Gordon
4.23 average rating, · 7.8k ratings
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Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
Laura Ingalls Wilder
4.07 average rating, · 8.7k ratings
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Elizabeth I
Anne Somerset
4.16 average rating, · 7.1k ratings
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Phillip Hoose
4.07 average rating, · 6.4k ratings
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Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Donald Zochert
4.12 average rating, · 6k ratings
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Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World
Ann Shen
4.04 average rating, · 5.4k ratings
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography
William Anderson
4.22 average rating, · 4.8k ratings
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Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.
Diane Carlson Evans
4.42 average rating, · 4k ratings
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
Mark Frost
4.51 average rating, · 3.8k ratings
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The Day Diana Died
Christopher Andersen
4.22 average rating, · 3.4k ratings
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