The Big Books of Summer 2025
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The Three Lives of James Madison by Noah Feldman The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President
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Feldman, Noah
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 to-read, american-history, american-studies, biography, fiction, non-fiction, presidential-seri... 2020/08/10 2020/12/20 Bentley 2020/07/14 view activity »
Hell and Other Destinations by Madeleine K. Albright Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir
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Albright, Madeleine K.
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 read, autobiographies, fiction, memoir, non-fiction, secretary-of-state 2020/06/07 2020/09/01 Bentley 2020/04/30 view activity »
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
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Larson, Erik *
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 read, fiction, great-britain, non-fiction 2020/05/19 2021/01/31 Bentley 2020/04/30 view activity »
Kill or Capture by Matthew Alexander Kill or Capture: How a Special Operations Task Force Took Down a Notorious al Qaeda Terrorist Alexander, Matthew *
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 read, buddy-read, fiction, iraq, military, non-fiction 2011/04/25 2011/05/11 Bentley 2017/05/07 view activity »
The Bonfire by Marc Wortman The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta Wortman, Marc
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Notorious Royal Marriages by Leslie Carroll Notorious Royal Marriages Carroll, Leslie *
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SPQR by Mary Beard SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
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Beard, Mary
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Barbarian Days by William Finnegan Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
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Finnegan, William
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 read, fiction, non-fiction, pulitzer-prize, sports, surfing 2017/07/03 2017/07/31 Bentley 2017/01/09 view activity »
Custer's Trials by T.J. Stiles Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
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Stiles, T.J.
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Black Flags by Joby Warrick Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
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Warrick, Joby
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Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg Lindbergh
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Berg, A. Scott
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George Washington's Secret Spy War by John A. Nagy George Washington's Secret Spy War: The Making of America's First Spymaster
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Unreasonable Men by Michael Wolraich Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics
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Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America
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Tocqueville, Alexis de
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 read, american-government, botm, non-fiction 2016/12/01 2017/03/03 Bentley 2016/02/29 view activity »
James Madison by Ralph Louis Ketcham James Madison: A Biography
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Ketcham, Ralph Louis
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The First Tycoon by T.J. Stiles The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Stiles, T.J.
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 read, botm, financier, national-book-award, national-book-awa..., non-fiction, tycoons, vanderbilt 2016/11/01 2016/12/01 Bentley 2016/02/29 view activity »
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
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Montgomery, Sy
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The House of Twenty Thousand Books by Sasha Abramsky The House of Twenty Thousand Books
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Abramsky, Sasha
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If the Oceans Were Ink by Carla Power If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
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Power, Carla *
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Pacific by Simon Winchester Pacific: The Ocean of the Future
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Winchester, Simon
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American Original by Joan Biskupic American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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Biskupic, Joan
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Washington by Ron Chernow Washington: A Life
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Chernow, Ron
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Malcolm X by Manning Marable Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
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Marable, Manning
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The Republic by Plato The Republic
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Plato
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Age of Ambition by Evan Osnos Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
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Osnos, Evan
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 read, china, national-book-award, non-fiction, pulitzer-prize 2016/01/01 2016/01/31 Bentley 2015/08/31 view activity »
Encounters at the Heart of the World by Elizabeth A. Fenn Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
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Fenn, Elizabeth A.
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 read, botm, history-non-fiction, native-americans, non-fiction, pulitzer-prize 2015/11/09 2015/12/07 Bentley 2015/08/31 view activity »
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
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One Man Against the World by Tim Weiner One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
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Hiroshima Notes by Kenzaburō Ōe Hiroshima Notes
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Ōe, Kenzaburō
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 read, buddy-read, japan, non-fiction, world-war-ii 2015/03/30 2015/05/24 Bentley 2015/02/02 view activity »
Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff Cleopatra: A Life
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