The Big Books of Summer 2025
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A Promised Land by Barack Obama A Promised Land Obama, Barack *
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The Room Where It Happened by John Bolton The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir
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Bolton, John
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 read 2020/06/24 2020/09/23 Bentley 2020/06/15 view activity »
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
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DiAngelo, Robin
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 read 2020/06/15 2020/09/15 Bentley 2020/06/08 view activity »
Ghost on the Throne by James Romm Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire Romm, James *
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Hoover by Kenneth Whyte Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times
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Whyte, Kenneth *
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 read 2022/03/24 2022/07/01 Bentley 2020/05/31 view activity »
Sweet Taste of Liberty by W. Caleb McDaniel Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
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McDaniel, W. Caleb *
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The Great Influenza by John M. Barry The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
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Barry, John M.
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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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 read, fiction, great-britain, non-fiction 2020/05/19 2021/01/31 Bentley 2020/04/30 view activity »
The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 Atkinson, Rick
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Becoming by Michelle Obama Becoming
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Obama, Michelle *
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Fear by Bob Woodward Fear: Trump in the White House
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Woodward, Bob
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 read 2018/09/17 2019/03/31 Bentley 2018/09/10 view activity »
A Higher Loyalty by James B. Comey A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
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Comey, James B.
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 read 2018/04/16 2018/06/15 Bentley 2018/04/13 view activity »
Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy Caesar: Life of a Colossus
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Goldsworthy, Adrian
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 read, romans 2018/02/26 2018/06/10 Bentley 2018/01/25 view activity »
The Korean War by Bruce Cumings The Korean War: A History
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Cumings, Bruce
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 read 2019/09/01 2019/12/15 Bentley 2017/08/30 view activity »
Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
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Millard, Candice
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Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
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Thompson, Heather Ann *
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 read 2019/09/01 2020/01/12 Bentley 2017/08/30 view activity »
Evicted by Matthew Desmond Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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Desmond, Matthew *
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 read 2019/02/04 2019/05/31 Bentley 2017/08/30 view activity »
The Return by Hisham Matar The Return
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Matar, Hisham
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 read 2019/02/15 2019/04/15 Bentley 2017/08/30 view activity »
The Knife Man by Wendy Moore The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery Moore, Wendy
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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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 read, american-civil-war, buddy-read, non-fiction 2011/09/11 2011/11/11 Bentley 2017/05/07 view activity »
Notorious Royal Marriages by Leslie Carroll Notorious Royal Marriages Carroll, Leslie *
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 read, british-history, british-monarchies, buddy-read, non-fiction 2011/09/11 2011/11/11 Bentley 2017/05/07 view activity »
SPQR by Mary Beard SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
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Beard, Mary
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 read, fiction, non-fiction, romans 2017/04/17 2017/07/16 Bentley 2017/01/26 view activity »
Winter Is Coming by Garry Kasparov Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
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Kasparov, Garry
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 read 2019/02/18 2019/04/30 Bentley 2017/01/09 view activity »
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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Vance, J.D.
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H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald H is for Hawk
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Macdonald, Helen
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad
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Whitehead, Colson *
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 read 2017/09/08 2017/10/01 Bentley 2017/01/09 view activity »
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 »
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
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Nguyen, Viet Thanh *
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 read, fiction, vietnam 2017/06/05 2017/07/14 Bentley 2017/01/09 view activity »


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