Reading List: I Am Booked Up For The Next Lifetime

What I’m currently reading, and what’s up next.

Currently listing 590 books

Title

Author

Type

Genre

Currently Reading
The Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio F Drama
Eugene Onegin Alexander Pushkin F Poetry
The Nearly Departed: Minnesota Ghost Stories & Legends Michael Norman F Parapsychology
Young Men & Fire Norman Maclean NF Disaster/Survival

On The Shelf
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein Peter Ackroyd F Drama
Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America Kati Marton NF Memoir
Fevre Dream George R. R. Martin F Fantasy
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Giorgio Bassani and (trans. by William Weaver) F Drama
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Doris Kearns Goodwin NF History
The Other Lands (Book II of the Acacia Trilogy) David Anthony Durham F Fantasy
Shadows & Lies Marjorie Eccles F Mystery

Upcoming
1066: Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry Andrew Bridgeford NF History
1215: The Year of Magna Carta Danny Danziger and John Gillingham NF History
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Charles C. Mann NF Exploration
1603: The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, the Return of the Black Plague, the Rise of Shakespeare, Piracy, Witchcraft, and the Birth of the Stuart Era Christopher Lee NF History
1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World Frank McLynn NF History
1776 David McCullough NF History
58 Degrees North: The Mysterious Sinking of the ARCTIC ROSE Hugo Kugiya NF Maritime
According to Queeney Beryl Bainbridge F Drama
Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison Allen Hornblum NF History
Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage James P. Delgado NF Exploration
The Adventures of the Ectoplasmic Man Daniel Stashower F Mystery
After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the World A.N. Wilson NF History
Against the Odds: Women Pioneers in the First Hundred Years of American Photography Martin W. Sandler NF Photography
The Alchemy of Murder Carol McCleary F Science Fiction
The Alchemy of Stone Ekaterina Sedia F Science Fiction
Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow NF Biography
Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar Edvard Radzinsky NF History
All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque F Drama
All the Men in the Sea: The Untold Story of One of the Greatest Rescues in History Michael Krieger NF Maritime
All the Queen’s Men: The World of Elizabeth I Peter Brimacombe NF History
The Alteration Kingsley Amis F Fantasy
Altered Carbon Richard K. Morgan F Science Fiction
Amelia Earhart’s Shoes: Is the Mystery Solved? Karen Ramey Burns NF Aviation
American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation Jon Meacham NF History
American Psycho Bret Easton Ellis F Drama
Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States Hiroshi Motomura NF History
Anathem Neal Stephenson F Science Fiction
Android Karenina Leo Tolstoy and Ben H. Winters F Science Fiction
Antarctic Navigation Elizabeth Arthur F Adventure
Antarctica Claire Keegan F Short Stories
April Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici Lauro Martines NF History
The Arctic Fox: Francis Leopold McClintock—Discoverer of the Fate of Franklin David Murphy NF Exploration
The Arctic in the British Imagination, 1818-1914 Robert G. David NF Exploration
The Ascent of Rum Doodle W.E. Bowman F Humor
Barrow’s Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers Fergus Fleming NF Exploration
Batman & Houdini: The Devil’s Workshop Howard Chaykin and Victor Moore F Graphic Novel
Bayard’s Folly: Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity, and Rotten Luck Paul Collins NF Biography
Bear Attacks of the Century: True Stories of Courage and Survival Larry Mueller and Marguerite Reiss NF Disaster/Survival
Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality Gordon W. Allport NF Psychology
Bee Season Myla Goldberg F Drama
Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima Diana Preston NF History
Beggars in Spain Nancy Kress F Science Fiction
Believe William Shatner and Michael Tobias F Science Fiction
Belinda Maria Edgeworth F Humor
Belly of the Beast: A POW’s Inspiring True Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival Aboard the Infamous WWII Japanese Hell Ship ORYOKU MARU Judith L. Pearson NF History
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Walter Isaacson NF Biography
Bess of Hardwick: Empire Builder Mary S. Lovell NF Biography
Beyond the Limits: The Lessons Learned from a Lifetime’s Adventures Sir Ranulph Fiennes NF Biography
Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour Barbara W. Tuchman NF History
The Birth of the TITANIC Michael McCaughan NF Maritime
The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval Europe Robert S. Gottfried NF Health
Black Thunder Arna Wendell Bontemps F Drama
Blackout Connie Willis F Science Fiction
Blame Michelle Huneven F Drama
Bleak History John Shirley F Science Fiction
Blimps & U-Boats: U.S. Navy Airships in the Battle of the Atlantic J. Gordon Vaeth NF Aviation
Blood Stain Peter Lalor NF Crime
The Boer War Thomas Pakenham NF History
Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened Chris Turney NF Science
Book of the Dead Muriel Rukeyser F Poetry
The Bookman Lavie Tidhar F Science Fiction
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America James Webb NF History
Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria Julia P. Gelardi NF Biography
Bowing to Necessities: History of Manners in America, 1620-1860 C. Dallett Hemphill NF History
Bread and Wine Ignazio Silone F Drama
The British Rigid Airship, 1908-1931 Robin Higham NF Aviation
Brunel: The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel R. Angus Buchanan NF Biography
Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture Ross King NF Architecture
The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer F Drama
A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter Miller F Science Fiction
Captured: The Japanese Internment of American Civilians in the Philippines, 1941-1945 Frances B. Cogan NF History
Car Crashes and Other Sad Stories Jennifer Dumas NF Crime
The Case of Cabin 13 Sam McCarver F Mystery
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein F Science Fiction
Cat’s Cradle Kurt Vonnegut F Science Fiction
Catch-22 Joseph Heller F Drama
Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France Leonie Frieda NF Biography
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Julia Strachey F Humor
Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903 Nat Brandt NF Disaster/Survival
Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric Veronica Buckley NF Biography
Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy Louise W. Knight NF Biography
City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London Vic Gatrell NF History
Clarissa; or, the History of A Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life; and Particularly Shewing the Distresses That May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, in Relation to Marriage Samuel Richardson F Drama
Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World Diana Preston NF History
A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess F Drama
A Cold Treachery: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Charles Todd F Mystery
The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture Michael F. Robinson NF Exploration
The Coldest March: Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition Susan Solomon NF Exploration
A Colored Woman in a White World Mary Church Terrell NF Biography
Columbine Dave Cullen NF True Crime
Columbine: A True Crime Story Jeff Kass NF True Crime
Coming of Age in Samoa Margaret Mead NF Anthropology
Command at Sea: Naval Command and Control Since the Sixteenth Century Michael Palmer NF Maritime
The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815 N.A.M. Rodger NF Maritime
The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx NF Politics
The Company: The Story of a Murderer Arabella Edge F Drama
The Consequences of Sin Clare Langley-Hawthorne F Mystery
Court & Country: Studies in Tudor Social History A. L. Rowse NF History
Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century Katie Hickman NF History
Cranford Elizabeth Gaskell F Drama
Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors Stephen E. Ambrose NF Biography
Crimea: The Great Crimean War 1854-1856 Trevor Royle NF History
The Crooked Hinge John Dickson Carr F Mystery
The Cruel Sea Nicholas Monsarrat F Adventure
Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton F Drama
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things Barry Glassner NF Sociology
Dangerous Crossings: The First Modern Polar Expedition, 1925 John H. Bryant and Harold N. Cones NF Exploration
Dangerous Nation: America’s Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century Robert Kagan NF Politics
Daniel Deronda George Eliot F Drama
Danny, the Champion of the World Roald Dahl F Fantasy
Dark Places Gillian Flynn F Mystery
Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley John Bierman NF Biography
The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, A Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town Ron Franscell NF True Crime
Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler F Drama
A Daughter’s Love: Thomas More and His Dearest Meg J.A. Guy NF Biography
The Daughters of Cain: An Inspector Morse Mystery Colin Dexter F Mystery
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt Joyce A. Tyldesley NF History
The Dead of Jericho: An Inspector Morse Mystery Colin Dexter F Mystery
The Dead Secret Wilkie Collins F Mystery
Deadly Winter: The Life of Sir John Franklin Martyn Beardsley NF Exploration
Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders William R. Drennan NF True Crime
Death of Kings: Royal Deaths in Medieval England Michael Evans NF History
Death on the Hellships: Prisoners at Sea in the Pacific War Gregory F. Michno NF History
Death Scenes: A Homicide Detective’s Scrapbook Katherine Dunn NF Crime
The Decline and Fall of the British Empire: 1781-1997 Piers Brendon NF History
The Decline of Merry England Storm Jameson NF History
Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure and Survival Nate Hardcastle NF Maritime
The Devil’s Highway Luis Alberto Urrea NF Disaster/Survival
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion David Hume NF Philosophy
The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson F Science Fiction
Die for Me Don Lasseter NF Crime
The Difference Engine William Gibson and Bruce Sterling F Science Fiction
Digging the Trenches: The Archaeology of the Western Front Andrew Robertshaw and David Kenyon NF Archaeology
Dinner with a Cannibal: The Complete History of Mankind’s Oldest Taboo Carole A. Travis-Henikoff NF History
The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to Know His World and Himself Daniel J. Boorstin NF Exploration
Dissolution C. J. Sansom F Mystery
Divine Right and Democracy: An Anthology of Political Writing in Stuart England David Wootton NF History
Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak F Drama
Dog of the South Charles Portis F Humor
Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the TITANIC Disaster Steven Biel NF Maritime
Dr. Eckener’s Dream Machine: The Great Zeppelin and the Dawn of Air Travel Douglas Botting NF Aviation
The Dream Stealer Gregory Maguire F Fantasy
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama NF Memoir
Drive James Sallis F Adventure
Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson Lyndsay Faye F Mystery
A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725 Alex Ritsema NF History
Earthquakes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Seismic Disruptions Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders NF Disaster/Survival
EASTLAND: Legacy of the TITANIC George W. Hilton NF Maritime
The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery F Drama
Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens Jane Dunn NF History
The Elizabethan Underworld Gamini Salgado NF History
The Emperor’s Children Claire Messud F Drama
Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13 Richard Farr F Adventure
Empire Families: Britons and Late Imperial India Elizabeth Buettner NF History
The Encyclopedia of the Arctic Mark Nuttall NF Exploration
Endangered Words: A Collection of Rare Gems for Book Lovers Simon Hertnon NF Language
England in the Age of Wycliffe George Trevelyan NF History
English Society in the 18th Century Roy Porter NF History
Evelina Frances Burney F Drama
Every Man Dies Alone Hans Fallada F Drama
Existence Rollo May NF Psychology
Exploring Other Worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kent Kane, and the Antebellum Culture of Curiosity David Chapin NF Science
The Faber Book of Madness Roy Porter (ed.) NF Psychology
Fabergé’s Eggs: The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces That Outlived An Empire Toby Faber NF History
Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Antonia Fraser NF History
Fanfare for Elizabeth Dame Edith Sitwell NF History
Fatal Passage: The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin Ken McGoogan NF Exploration
Fear in Early Modern Society William G. Naphy and Penny Roberts NF Psychology
A Fearsome Doubt: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Charles Todd F Mystery
The Female Quixote: or The Adventures of Arabella Charlotte Lennox F Humor
Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance Ric Gillespie NF Aviation
Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World David King NF Science
Fingersmith Sarah Waters F Mystery
The Fire that Will Not Die Michele McBride NF Disaster/Survival
Fires of Faith: Catholic England Under Mary Tudor Eamon Duffy NF History
Firmin Sam Savage F Drama
The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary" Linda Porter NF Biography
The Floating Lady Murder Daniel Stashower F Mystery
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Philip K. Dick F Science Fiction
Flyboys James Bradley NF History
For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga Robert Sobel F Fantasy
The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century Edward Dolnick NF Art
The Forgotten Plague: How the Battle Against Tuberculosis Was Won—and Lost Frank Ryan, M.D. NF Health
The Forsyte Saga John Galsworthy F Drama
Four Against the Arctic: Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the World David Roberts NF Disaster/Survival
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology Kenneth Feder NF Archaeology
Free Live Free Gene Wolfe F Science Fiction
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism Susan Jacoby NF Philosophy
From Hell Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell F Graphic Novel
From Here to Eternity James Jones F Drama
The Frozen-Water Trade Gavin Weightman NF History
Fury Beach: The Four-Year Odyssey of Captain John Ross and the VICTORY Ray Edinger F Adventure
Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love Dava Sobel NF Science
Gallipoli: The End of the Myth Robin Prior NF History
A Gambling Man: Charles II’s Restoration Game Jenny Uglow NF History
A Garbled TITANIC Senan Baloney F Humor
The Gates of Africa: Death, Discovery, and the Search for Timbuktu Anthony Sattin NF Exploration
Ghost Ships: Tales of Abandoned, Doomed, and Haunted Vessels Angus Konstam NF Maritime
Giants in the Sky: A History of the Rigid Airship Douglas H. Robinson NF Aviation
The Ginger Man J. P. Donleavy F Drama
Give Me My Father’s Body: The Story of Minik, the New York Eskimo Kenn Harper NF Biography
Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde Jeff Guinn NF Biography
God’s Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe Amir D. Aczel NF Science
God’s Secret Agents: Queen Elizabeth’s Forbidden Priests and the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plot Alice Hogge NF History
God’s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible Adam Nicolson NF History
Goodnight Mr. Tom Michelle Magorian F Drama
The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion Matt Taibbi NF Politics
The Greatest Disaster Stories Ever Told: Seventeen Harrowing Tales Lamar Underwood NF Disaster/Survival
Guide for Anchoresses Ancrene Wisse NF Religion
The Guns of August Barbara W. Tuchman NF History
Ha’penny Jo Walton F Science Fiction
Halsey’s Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue Bob Drury NF Maritime
Hard Times Charles Dickens F Drama
Harvey Cushing: A Life in Surgery Michael Bliss NF Biography
The Haunted Hotel Wilkie Collins F Mystery
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad F Adventure
The Heart of the Matter Graham Greene F Drama
Henry VII Gladys Temperly NF Biography
A High Wind in Jamaica Richard Hughes F Drama
Historical Atlas of the Arctic Derek Hayes NF Exploration
The History of Love Nicole Krauss F Drama
The History of Shipwrecks Angus Konstam NF Maritime
A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans Jeffrey Burton Russell NF Occult
Homer & Langley E.L. Doctorow F Drama
Hostage to Fortune: The Troubled Life of Francis Bacon Lisa Jardine NF Biography
Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Living Americans Malachi Martin NF Occult
Houdini & Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship Bernard M.L. Ernst and Hereward Carrington NF Biography
Houdini and the Seance Murders Christopher Farran F Mystery
The Houdini Girl Martyn Bedford F Mystery
Houdini’s Last Illusion Steve Saville F Mystery
Houdini: A Mind in Chains Bernard C. Meyer NF Biography
Houdini: A Musical Muriel Rukeyser F Drama
Houdini: A Pictorial Biography Milbourne Christopher NF Biography
Houdini: The Man from Beyond Brian Haberlin and Jeff Phillips F Graphic Novel
A House for Mr. Biswas V. S. Naipaul F Drama
The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall Christopher Hibbert NF History
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It Arthur Herman NF History
I, Claudius Robert Graves F Drama
Icefields Thomas Wharton F Fantasy
Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free Charles P. Pierce NF Sociology
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya Caroline Elkins NF History
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind Eric R. Kandel NF Psychology
In the Rogue Blood James Carlos Blake F Drama
Infernal Devices: A Mad Victorian Fantasy K.W. Jeter F Science Fiction
The Inferno Dante F Poetry
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone Martin Dugard NF Exploration
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates Peter T. Leeson NF History
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison F Drama
The Invisible Mountain Carolina De Robertis F Drama
The Iron Dream Norman Spinrad F Science Fiction
It Stephen King F Horror
Ivan the Terrible Isabel de Madariaga NF History
Jack the Ripper: Letters from Hell Stewart Evans NF Crime
Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford Julia Fox NF Biography
The Jewel That Was Ours: An Inspector Morse Mystery Colin Dexter F Mystery
The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant Dan Savage NF Memoir
The Killer Angels Michael Shaara F Drama
Killing Hitler: The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death Roger Moorhouse NF History
Killing Time: Archaeology and the First World War Nicholas J. Saunders NF Archaeology
Kim Rudyard Kipling F Adventure
King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Adam Hochschild NF History
Knowledge is Power: How Magic, the Government and an Apocalyptic Vision Helped Francis Bacon to Create Modern Science John Henry NF Science
Lady Franklin’s Revenge: A True Story of Ambition, Obsession, and the Remaking of Arctic History Ken McGoogan NF Exploration
The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn Alison Weir NF Biography
Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk Alison Plowden NF Biography
The Lands of Silence: A History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration Sir Clements Robert Markham NF Exploration
Last Bus to Woodstock: An Inspector Morse Mystery Colin Dexter F Mystery
The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic Lawrence Millman and Edward Beauclerk Maurice NF Exploration
The Last Girl Stephan Collishaw F Drama
The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic Robert McGhee NF Exploration
The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television Evan I. Schwartz NF Biography
The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain’s Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Swordfight, Mutiny, Shipwreck, Gold, War, Hurricane, and Discovery Martin Dugard NF Exploration
Laying the Music to Rest Dean Wesley Smith F Science Fiction
Leningrad: State of Siege Michael Jones NF History
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens F Drama
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: ’The Most Happy’ E.W. Ives NF Biography
A Life in Pieces Blake Eskin NF History
The Life of Thomas More Peter Ackroyd NF Biography
Little Bee Chris Cleave F Drama
Little Boy Lost Marghanita Laski F Drama
The Little Stranger Sarah Waters F Drama
Living Dangerously Sir Ranulph Fiennes NF Biography
The Logogryph: A Bibliography of Imaginary Books Thomas Wharton F Humor
A Long Shadow: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Charles Todd F Mystery
The Longest Journey E. M. Forster F Drama
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Dava Sobel NF Science
Lord Jim Joseph Conrad F Drama
The Loss of the TITANIC Lawrence Beesley NF Maritime
The Loss of the TITANIC: 1912 Tim Coates NF Maritime
Lost Gregory Maguire F Fantasy
The Lost Language of Cranes David Leavitt F Drama
Lost Warships: An Archaeological Tour of War at Sea James P. Delgado NF Maritime
Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcìa Màrquez F Drama
The Love Pirate and the Bandit’s Son: Murder, Sin, and Scandal in the Shadow of Jesse James Laura James NF True Crime
Loving Henry Green F Drama
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil Philip Zimbardo NF Psychology
The Mabinogion Anonymous F Drama
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Michel Foucault NF Psychology
The Magicians Lev Grossman F Fantasy
The Making of the Tudor Dynasty Ralph A. Griffiths and Roger S. Thomas NF History
The Mammoth Book of Storms, Shipwrecks, and Sea Disasters: Over 70 First-Hand Accounts of Peril on the High Seas, from St. Paul’s Shipwreck to the PRESTIGE Disaster Richard Russell Lawrence NF Maritime
Man and Memory: Breakthroughs in the Science of the Human Mind D.S. Halacy, Jr. NF Psychology
Man and Wife Wilkie Collins F Mystery
The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick F Science Fiction
The Man Who Killed Houdini Don Bell NF Biography
The Man Who Mapped the Arctic: The Intrepid Life of George Black, Franklin’s Lieutenant Peter Steele NF Exploration
Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots Patricia Hill Buchanan NF Biography
Mary Barton Elizabeth Gaskell F Drama
The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov F Fantasy
Matty Groves Deborah Grabien F Mystery
Maurice E.M. Forster F Drama
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary Simon Winchester NF Literature
Memory Observed: Remembering in Natural Contexts Ulric Neisser NF Psychology
The Memory of Eva Ryker Donald A. Stanwood F Mystery
The Merchant of Death June Dixon and Donald Monat F Mystery
Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling Ross King NF Art
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil John Berendt NF True Crime
Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie F Mystery
The Millionth Chance: The Story of the R101 James Leasor NF Aviation
Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life Steven Johnson NF Psychology
Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack Tom Nagorski NF History
Mirage: Napoleon’s Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt Nina Burleigh NF Archaeology
The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley F Fantasy
Moments of Terror: The Story of Antarctic Aviation David Burke NF Aviation
The Monster of Florence Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi NF True Crime
The Mount Carol Emshwiller F Science Fiction
Mr. Timothy Louis Bayard F Mystery
Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body Armand Marie Leroi NF Health
My Just Desire: The Life of Bess Raleigh, Wife to Sir Walter Anna R. Beer NF Biography
Native Son Richard Wright F Drama
Nature’s Clocks: How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything Doug Macdougall NF Science
The Navigator of New York Wayne Johnston F Drama
Near Death on the High Seas: True Stories of Disaster and Survival Cecil Kuhne (ed.) NF Disaster/Survival
Nelson: A Dream of Glory, 1758-1797 John Sugden NF Biography
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro F Science Fiction
Neverwhere Neil Gaiman F Fantasy
The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology Christopher Golden (ed.) F Science Fiction
New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan Jill Lepore NF History
Nightlight: A Parody The Harvard Lampoon F Humor
The Nine Days Queen: A Portrait of Lady Jane Grey Mary Luke NF Biography
No Name Wilkie Collins F Drama
The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I John Adamson NF History
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall Kazuo Ishiguro F Short Stories
North and South Elizabeth Gaskell F Drama
North with Franklin: The Lost Journals of James Fitzjames John Wilson F Drama
The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis Lucy Jago NF Science
Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman F Drama
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within Stephen Fry NF Poetry
The Odyssey of C.H. Lightoller Patrick Stenson NF Biography
Of Virtue Rare: Margaret Beaufort, Matriarch of the House of Tudor Linda Simon NF Biography
Off the Map: Tales of Endurance and Exploration Fergus Fleming NF Exploration
The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens F Drama
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan NF Food
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society Lt. Col. Dave Grossman NF Psychology
On War Carl von Clausewitz NF Military
One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal Alice Dormurat Dreger NF Health
Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s Frederick Lewis Allen NF History
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Vaughan: A Wartime Diary of the Philippines Elizabeth Vaughan NF Memoir
Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens F Drama
The Outlander Gil Adamson F Drama
The Pale Blue Eye Louis Bayard F Mystery
Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov F Poetry
Parade’s End Ford Madox Ford F Drama
The Paradiso Dante F Poetry
Paris Between Empires, 1814-1852: Monarchy and Revolution Philip Mansel NF History
A Passage to India E. M. Forster F Drama
The Passerby Thomas Ray Crowel F Mystery
Path of Alchemy: Energetic Healing and the World of Natural Alchemy Mark Stavish NF Parapsychology
Pavane Keith Roberts F Science Fiction
The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution Alex Storozynski NF Biography
Pendulum: Leon Foucalt and the Triumph of Science Amir D. Aczel NF Science
Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson Paula Byrne NF Biography
The Perfect Prince: The Mystery of Perkin Warbeck and His Quest for the Throne of England Ann Wroe NF Biography
Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime, from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism Geoffrey R. Stone NF Politics
Personal Memoirs Ulysses S. Grant NF Biography
A Pickpocket’s Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York Timothy J. Gilfoyle NF Biography
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens F Drama
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier Diana Preston NF Biography
Plausible Worlds: Possibility and Understanding in History and the Social Sciences Geoffrey Hawthorn NF History
Portrait of a Lady Henry James F Drama
Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians Gertrude Himmelfarb NF History
The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore John Robert Hutchinson NF History
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Simon Winchester NF Literature
Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America Jay Parini NF Literature
The Prophet Kahlil Gibran F Poetry
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Max Weber NF Sociology
Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart John Guy NF History
The Queen’s Conjurer: The Science and Magic of Dr. John Dee, Adviser to Queen Elizabeth I Benjamin Woolley NF Biography
The Queen’s Slave Trader: John Hawkyns, Elizabeth I, and the Trafficking in Human Souls Nick Hazlewood NF History
Quicksilver Neal Stephenson F Drama
Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott’s Antarctic Quest Sir Ranulph Fiennes NF Exploration
A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton Mary S. Lovell NF Biography
Raise the TITANIC Clive Cussler F Adventure
The Rape of Mesopotamia: Behind the Looting of the Iraq Museum Lawrence Rothfield NF History
The Rape of the Nile: Tomb Robbers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in Egypt Brian Fagan NF Archaeology
The Reformation: A History Diarmaid MacCulloch NF Religion
Reign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the MONITOR and the MERRIMACK James L. Nelson NF Maritime
A Reliable Wife Robert Goolrick F Drama
The Rescue of Captain Scott Don Aldridge NF Exploration
Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen’s Ghost Ship Martin Sandler NF Exploration
Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women’s Rights Liza Picard NF History
The Return of the Soldier Rebecca West F Drama
The Return to Nature: A Defence of the Vegetable Regimen John Frank Newton NF Health
The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the World Amir D. Aczel NF Science
The Riddle of the Third Mile: An Inspector Morse Mystery Colin Dexter F Mystery
Ring of Ice: True Tales of Adventure, Exploration, and Arctic Life Peter Stark NF Exploration
Ringworld Larry Niven F Science Fiction
The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Lawrence James NF History
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany William L. Shirer NF History
The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant Pamela Horn NF History
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey Candice Millard NF Disaster/Survival
Robert’s Rules of Order Henry M. Robert NF Law
Romola George Eliot F Drama
Royal Blood: Richard III and the Mystery of the Princes Bertram Fields NF History
The Royal Palaces of Tudor England: Architecture and Court Life, 1460-1547 Simon Thurley NF Architecture
Ruth Elizabeth Gaskell F Drama
Safe Return Doubtful: The Heroic Age of Polar Exploration John Maxtone-Graham NF Exploration
The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649 N.A.M. Rodger NF Maritime
Sailing Alone Around the Room Billy Collins F Poetry
Say You’re One of Them Uwem Akpan F Drama
A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick F Science Fiction
Science and the Canadian Arctic Trevor H. Levere NF Exploration
Scoop Evelyn Waugh F Humor
Scotland: The Story of a Nation Magnus Magnusson NF History
Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy in the Extreme South David Crane NF Biography
The Scottish Enlightenment: The Historical Age of the Historical Nation Alexander Broadie NF History
Search the Dark: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Charles Todd F Mystery
Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind and the Past Daniel E. Schacter NF Psychology
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 Sue Townsend F Humor
Service of All the Dead: An Inspector Morse Mystery Colin Dexter F Mystery
Shackleton Roland Huntford NF Biography
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls John R. King F Mystery
Shenandoah Saga Thom Hook NF Aviation
Sherlock Holmes and Harry Houdini in the Adventure of the Pandora Plague Lee A. Matthias F Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright Val Andrews F Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula Stephen Seitz F Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and the TITANIC Tragedy: A Case to Remember William Seil F Mystery
Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot David Stuart Davies (ed.) F Short Stories
The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown: The SEA VENTURE Castaways and the Fate of America Lorri Glover and Daniel Blake Smith NF History
Shipwreck: A Saga of Sea Tragedy and Sunken Treasure David Horner NF Maritime
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn: An Inspector Morse Mystery Colin Dexter F Mystery
Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea Frank Delaney NF Maritime
Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea Frank Delaney NF Maritime
A Simple Story Elizabeth Inchbald F Drama
Sir Francis Drake: The Queen’s Pirate Harry Kelsey NF Biography
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy Leanda de Lisle NF Biography
Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy William F. Althoff NF Aviation
Slumming: Sexual and Social Politics in Victorian London Seth Koven NF History
Snow Crash Neal Stephenson F Science Fiction
So Terrible a Storm: A Tale of Fury on Lake Superior Curt Brown NF Maritime
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Cory Doctorow F Science Fiction
Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies Edward D. Berkowitz NF History
Song of Kali Dan Simmons F Fantasy
Sorcerer’s Son Phyllis Eisenstein F Fantasy
The South Pole: An Historical Reader Anthony Brandt NF Exploration
Spandau: The Secret Diaries Albert Speer NF Memoir
The Speedwell Voyage: A Tale of Piracy and Mutiny in the Eighteenth Century Kenneth Poolman NF Maritime
Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini Tom Lalicki NF Biography
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold John le Carré F Mystery
Staying Alive! 117 Days Adrift—The Incredible Saga of a Courageous Couple Who Outwitted Death at Sea for a Longer Period Than Any Humans Before Maurice Bailey NF Disaster & Survival
Staying Alive: The Psychology of Human Survival Roger N. Walsh NF Psychology
The Stories of Eva Luna Isabelle Allende F Drama
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski F Drama
The Story of Punishment: A Record of Man’s Inhumanity to Man Harry Barnes NF History
The Story of the TITANIC: As Told By Its Survivors Lawrence Beesley NF Maritime
The Stranger Albert Camus F Drama
Strangers Among Us David C. Woodman NF Exploration
The SULTANA Tragedy: America’s Greatest Maritime Disaster Jerry O’Potter NF Maritime
The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York Matthew Goodman NF History
The Sunken Treasure: A Miss Danforth Mystery Marian J.A. Jackson F Mystery
The Sunless Countries Karl Schroeder F Science Fiction
Superluminal Vonda N. McIntyre F Science Fiction
Surrender & Survival: The Experience of American POWs in the Pacific 1941-1945 E. Bartlett Kerr NF History
Swordspoint Ellen Kushner F Fantasy
Sylvia’s Lovers Elizabeth Gaskell F Drama
Taj Mahal: A Love Affair at the Heart of the Moghul Empire Diana Preston NF History
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens F Drama
Ten Degrees of Reckoning: A True Story of the Will to Survive Hester Rumberg NF Disaster & Survival
The Thames Torso Murders of Victorian London R. Michael Gordon NF Crime
The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain, 1918-1939 Robert Graves NF History
The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan F Mystery
This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald F Drama
Thomas Cranmer: A Life Diarmaid MacCulloch NF History
The Thorn Birds Colleen McCollough F Drama
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick F Science Fiction
Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay F Fantasy
Till Human Voices Wake Us Mark Budz F Science Fiction
The Tin Drum Günter Grass F Drama
Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903 Anthony P. Hatch NF Disaster/Survival
TITANIC Paul Brooke F Drama
The TITANIC Reader John Wilson Foster NF Maritime
The TITANIC Story: Hard Choices, Dangerous Decisions Stephen Cox NF Maritime
TITANIC: A Night Remembered Stephani Barczewski NF Maritime
TITANIC: The Ship That Never Sank? Robin Gardiner NF Maritime
To Ride the Storm: The Story of the Airship R101 Sir Peter G. Masefield NF Aviation
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World Arthur Herman NF Maritime
Tobacco Road Erskine Caldwell F Drama
Tom Jones Henry Fielding F Humor
The Tomorrow Connection T.E. Bethancourt F Science Fiction
Tooth and Claw Jo Walton F Fantasy
Towelhead Alicia Erian F Drama
The Tragic History of the Sea C.R. Boxer (ed.) NF Maritime
Trainspotting Irvine Welsh F Drama
Transatlantic: Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships Stephen Fox NF Maritime
Treachery at Sharpnose Point: Unraveling the Mystery of the CALEDONIA’s Final Voyage Jeremy Seal NF Maritime
Treason in Tudor England: Politics and Paranoia Lacey Baldwin Smith NF History
Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller F Drama
Troubador’s Song: The Capture, Imprisonment and Ransom of Richard the Lionheart David Boyle NF History
Truman David McCullough NF Biography
Tudor Costume and Fashion Herbert Norris NF History
Tudor Ireland: Crown, Community, and the Conflict of Cultures, 1470-1603 Steven G. Ellis NF History
A Tudor Tapestry: Men, Women, and Society in Reformation England Derek Wilson NF History
Ultima Thule: Explorers and Natives in the Polar North Jean Malaurie NF Exploration
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera F Mystery
Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels Hella Winston NF Religion
The Uncrowned Kings of England: The Black History of the Dudleys and the Tudor Throne Derek Wilson NF History
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West Stephen E. Ambrose NF History
Under Enemy Colors S. Thomas Russell NF Maritime
Under Sail in the Frozen North: The Log of the 1926 British Arctic Expedition Frank Arthur Worsley NF Exploration
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates David Cordingly NF Maritime
Under the Dome Stephen King F Horror
Under the Net Iris Murdoch F Mystery
Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets Stephen Smith NF History
Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land Nina Burleigh NF Archaeology
A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern Iraq Fernando Baez NF History
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag Robert A. Heinlein F Science Fiction
Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa R.A. Scotti NF True Crime
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray F Drama
Victorian Sensation: Or, the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in Nineteenth-Century Britain Michael Diamond NF History
Vietnam Wars 1945-1990 Marilyn B. Young NF History
Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals Niall Ferguson (ed.) NF History
Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders NF Disaster/Survival
The Voyage of the NARWHAL Andrea Barrett F Drama
The Voyage of the Vizcaína: The Mystery of Christopher Columbus’s Last Ship Klaus Brinkbäumer NF Maritime
The Wapshot Chronicle John Cheever F Mystery
War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America’s First Frontier John F. Ross NF Biography
War Without Mercy: Rage and Power in the Pacific War John W. Dower NF History
Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions Lisa Randall NF Science
The Wars of the Roses Alison Weir NF History
The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879 Donald R. Morris NF History
Washington’s Crossing David Hackett Fischer NF History
The Wasp Factory Iain Banks F Mystery
Watchers of Time: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Charles Todd F Mystery
Wave Cry Alexander Fullerton F Drama
We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals Gillian Gill NF Biography
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda Philip Gourevitch NF History
Weird and Tragic Shores: The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer Chauncey Loomis NF Biography
Wench Dolen Perkins-Valdez F Drama
The Wench is Dead: An Inspector Morse Mystery Colin Dexter F Mystery
What If?: The World’s Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been Robert Cowley (ed.) NF History
What Might Have Been: Imaginary History from Twelve Leading Historians Andrew Roberts F History
What Really Sank the TITANIC: New Forensic Discoveries Jennifer Hooper McCarty and Tim Foecke NF Maritime
When Medicine Went Mad: Bioethics and the Holocaust Arthur L. Caplan NF History
When Technology Fails: Significant Technological Disasters, Accidents, and Failures of the Twentieth Century Neil Schlager (ed.) NF Disaster/Survival
When We Were Orphans Kazuo Ishiguro F Drama
Where Men Win Glory Jon Krakauer NF Biography
The White Death: A History of Tuberculosis Thomas Dormandy NF Health
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Gregory Maguire F Fantasy
Wilderness and the American Mind Roderick Frazi Nash NF History
The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi F Science Fiction
Wings of Fire: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Charles Todd F Mystery
Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs, and Disease: An Anthropological Study of the European Witch-Hunts H. Sidky NF History
The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders Marshall Browne F Mystery
The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy N.A.M. Rodger NF Maritime
The World of the Celts Simon James NF History
The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution Christopher Hill NF History
World War One: A Short History Norman Stone NF History
Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination Lee Ben Clarke NF Disaster & Survival
The Worst Journey in the World Apsley Cherry-Garrard NF Memoir
The Wreck of the MEDUSA: The Most Famous Sea Disaster of the Nineteenth Century Jonathan Miles NF Disaster & Survival
The Wreck of the WILLIAM BROWN: A True Tale of Overcrowded Lifeboats and Murder at Sea Tom Koch NF Maritime
The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas and Plundered Shipwrecks, from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day Bella Bathurst NF Maritime
Year of the Hangman: George Washington’s Campaign Against the Iroquois Glenn F. Williams NF History
The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division, 1912-1918 Douglas H. Robinson NF Aviation
Zeppelin! A Battle for Air Supremacy in World War I Raymond Laurence Rimell NF Aviation
Zeppelins Over England Treutsch von Buttlar-Brandenfels NF Aviation
Zeppelins: Rigid Airships, 1893-1940 Peter W. Brooks NF Aviation
The Zulu War Angus McBride NF History
The Zulu War: A Pictorial History Michael Barthorp NF History

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