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What I Should Have Said

by R.L. Atkinson • 2024

A teacher's SEAL rescue comes with strings: fake date him while a cartel hunts them both.

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5k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🦭 SEAL Hero 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🪢 Kidnapped Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity

What I Should Have Said

A teacher's SEAL rescue comes with strings: fake date him while a cartel hunts them both.

by R.L. Atkinson 2024 541 pages

3.77

5k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🦭 SEAL Hero 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🪢 Kidnapped Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity

Enemy of All Mankind

by Steven Johnson • 2020

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

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4k+

🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company 🌏 Early Globalisation 🕌 Mughal Empire

Enemy of All Mankind

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

by Steven Johnson 2020 286 pages

3.89

4k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company 🌏 Early Globalisation 🕌 Mughal Empire

The Yank

by John Crawley • 2022

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

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200

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Foreign Fighters 🔫 Arms Smuggling

The Yank

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

by John Crawley 2022 279 pages

4.07

200 ratings

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Foreign Fighters 🔫 Arms Smuggling

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration 🏜️ Survival Narratives 🌍 Cultural Displacement

Escape from Saddam

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007 320 pages

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration 🏜️ Survival Narratives 🌍 Cultural Displacement

The First Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2019

The secret plot to capture George Washington came from inside his own guard.

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14k+

🗽 American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 🕵️ Espionage History 🎯 Assassination Plots 🔍 Counterintelligence

The First Conspiracy

The secret plot to capture George Washington came from inside his own guard.

by Brad Meltzer 2019 413 pages

3.82

14k+ ratings

🗽 American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 🕵️ Espionage History 🎯 Assassination Plots 🔍 Counterintelligence

The Drowning Faith

by R.F. Kuang • 2020

An immortal prince serves his colonizers and loves the one shaman they demand he destroy.

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⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🔥 Cursed Immortality 💔 Love Versus Duty 🏴 Colonial Occupation

The Drowning Faith

An immortal prince serves his colonizers and loves the one shaman they demand he destroy.

by R.F. Kuang 2020 15 pages

4.50

30k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🔥 Cursed Immortality 💔 Love Versus Duty 🏴 Colonial Occupation

Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies

by David Fisher • 2016

The frontier heroes you know hid darker truths. Nine lives that collapse the legend.

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🏞️ American Frontier 🎭 Myth Vs Reality ⚖️ Frontier Justice 🚂 Manifest Destiny 🐂 Westward Expansion

Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies

The frontier heroes you know hid darker truths. Nine lives that collapse the legend.

by David Fisher 2016 320 pages

4.05

3k+ ratings

🏞️ American Frontier 🎭 Myth Vs Reality ⚖️ Frontier Justice 🚂 Manifest Destiny 🐂 Westward Expansion

History of the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides

Athens rose, Sparta panicked, and a 27-year catastrophe was the only outcome.

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40k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Military History 🦅 Power Politics 🦉 Classical Realism 📉 Imperial Overreach

History of the Peloponnesian War

Athens rose, Sparta panicked, and a 27-year catastrophe was the only outcome.

by Thucydides 648 pages

3.95

40k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Military History 🦅 Power Politics 🦉 Classical Realism 📉 Imperial Overreach

Detonate

by Luna Mason • 2023

A mafia enforcer's only rule: no attachments. A makeup artist's rain-soaked kiss just shattered it.

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🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 💔 Scarred Hero

Detonate

A mafia enforcer's only rule: no attachments. A makeup artist's rain-soaked kiss just shattered it.

by Luna Mason 2023 460 pages

4.08

27k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 💔 Scarred Hero

The Dark Valley

by Piers Brendon • 2000

The 1930s: a single global story of economic collapse, appeasement, and terror feeding the next war.

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500+

🌍 Interwar Europe 🏛️ Rise Of Totalitarianism 📉 Great Depression 💣 Origins Of World War Ii 📜 Narrative History

The Dark Valley

The 1930s: a single global story of economic collapse, appeasement, and terror feeding the next war.

by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages

4.18

500+ ratings

🌍 Interwar Europe 🏛️ Rise Of Totalitarianism 📉 Great Depression 💣 Origins Of World War Ii 📜 Narrative History

Sea of Glory

by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2001

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

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🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages 👑 Toxic Leadership 🔬 Scientific Expeditions

Sea of Glory

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

by Nathaniel Philbrick 2001 452 pages

4.04

7k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages 👑 Toxic Leadership 🔬 Scientific Expeditions

Departure 37

by Scott Carson • 2025

Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.

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🕰️ Time Travel Thriller 🥶 Cold War Paranoia 🕵️ Government Cover-Up 👻 Voices Of The Dead 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Departure 37

Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.

by Scott Carson 2025 389 pages

3.82

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Thriller 🥶 Cold War Paranoia 🕵️ Government Cover-Up 👻 Voices Of The Dead 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Over the Edge

by Greg Child • 2002

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

3.78

500+

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy 🇰🇬 Central Asia 🧗‍♂️ Climbing Disasters

Over the Edge

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

by Greg Child 2002 304 pages

3.78

500+ ratings

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy 🇰🇬 Central Asia 🧗‍♂️ Climbing Disasters

Operator Down

by Brad Taylor • 2018

A missing Mossad agent draws Pike Logan into an African coup powered by stolen nuclear triggers.

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🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Fiction 🎯 Covert Ops ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🏛️ Political Coup

Operator Down

A missing Mossad agent draws Pike Logan into an African coup powered by stolen nuclear triggers.

by Brad Taylor 2018 450 pages

4.32

5k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Fiction 🎯 Covert Ops ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🏛️ Political Coup

Shivaji

by Dennis Kincaid • 1937

The rebel who outwitted Aurangzeb, escaped his prison, and built a kingdom on mountain forts.

4.18

500+

🕌 Mughal Empire 🏰 Maratha Empire ⚔️ Military Biography 🧭 Guerrilla Warfare 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism

Shivaji

The rebel who outwitted Aurangzeb, escaped his prison, and built a kingdom on mountain forts.

by Dennis Kincaid 1937 346 pages

4.18

500+ ratings

🕌 Mughal Empire 🏰 Maratha Empire ⚔️ Military Biography 🧭 Guerrilla Warfare 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism

The Catalpa Rescue

by Peter FitzSimons • 2019

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

4.30

500+

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks ⛵ High Seas Adventure 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Catalpa Rescue

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

by Peter FitzSimons 2019 559 pages

4.30

500+ ratings

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks ⛵ High Seas Adventure 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Fall of the House of Bush

by Craig Unger • 2007

An alliance of faith and force corrupted intelligence to start a war that broke American power.

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⚔️ Iraq War 🏛️ Neoconservatism ✝️ Religious Right 👑 Executive Power 🗽 American Exceptionalism

The Fall of the House of Bush

An alliance of faith and force corrupted intelligence to start a war that broke American power.

by Craig Unger 2007 448 pages

204 ratings

⚔️ Iraq War 🏛️ Neoconservatism ✝️ Religious Right 👑 Executive Power 🗽 American Exceptionalism

The Nazi Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2023

1943 Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill: the spies who saved the summit.

4.15

10k+

🕵️ Wartime Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plots 🌍 Allied Leaders 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 📜 Presidential History

The Nazi Conspiracy

1943 Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill: the spies who saved the summit.

by Brad Meltzer 2023 400 pages

4.15

10k+ ratings

🕵️ Wartime Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plots 🌍 Allied Leaders 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 📜 Presidential History

The Defense

by Steve Cavanagh • 2016

When bureaucratic defense fails, a classroom experiment brings startup speed to national security.

4.01

53k+

🔧 Lean Methodology 🛡️ Defense Innovation 🏛️ Government Bureaucracy 🕵️ Customer Discovery 🏗️ Rapid Prototyping

The Defense

When bureaucratic defense fails, a classroom experiment brings startup speed to national security.

by Steve Cavanagh 2016 308 pages

4.01

53k+ ratings

🔧 Lean Methodology 🛡️ Defense Innovation 🏛️ Government Bureaucracy 🕵️ Customer Discovery 🏗️ Rapid Prototyping

The Romans

by Edward J. Watts • 2025

Most empires fall. Rome reinvented itself for two millennia by turning enemies into citizens.

4.16

187

🏛️ Ancient Rome 🏰 Byzantine History 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Citizenship Expansion ⚔️ Military Innovation 🛡️ Systemic Resilience

The Romans

Most empires fall. Rome reinvented itself for two millennia by turning enemies into citizens.

by Edward J. Watts 2025 736 pages

4.16

187 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Rome 🏰 Byzantine History 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Citizenship Expansion ⚔️ Military Innovation 🛡️ Systemic Resilience

Cobra II

by Michael R. Gordon • 2006

How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.

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2k+

🏜️ Iraq War 🛡️ Defense Policy 🌐 Us Foreign Policy 🗺️ Military Planning ⚔️ Civil-Military Relations

Cobra II

How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.

by Michael R. Gordon 2006 640 pages

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏜️ Iraq War 🛡️ Defense Policy 🌐 Us Foreign Policy 🗺️ Military Planning ⚔️ Civil-Military Relations

Shadow of Doubt

by Brad Thor • 2024

A defector's secret sends a haunted spy through Europe to stop a conspiracy at the top.

4.45

14k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🏃‍♂️ Defector Thriller 🎭 Double Agent 👻 Haunted Spy 💀 Revenge Thriller

Shadow of Doubt

A defector's secret sends a haunted spy through Europe to stop a conspiracy at the top.

by Brad Thor 2024 365 pages

4.45

14k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🏃‍♂️ Defector Thriller 🎭 Double Agent 👻 Haunted Spy 💀 Revenge Thriller

Six Days of Impossible

by Robert Adams • 2017

Heart rates over 100, near-zero sleep, hypothermia: a Navy doctor's six days inside SEAL Hell Week.

4.38

378

🦭 Navy Seals 🎖️ Military Training ⚔️ Special Operations 🥵 Extreme Endurance 🤝 Team Cohesion

Six Days of Impossible

Heart rates over 100, near-zero sleep, hypothermia: a Navy doctor's six days inside SEAL Hell Week.

by Robert Adams 2017 228 pages

4.38

378 ratings

🦭 Navy Seals 🎖️ Military Training ⚔️ Special Operations 🥵 Extreme Endurance 🤝 Team Cohesion

Blood on the Moon

by Edward Steers Jr. • 2001

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

4.17

500+

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks ⛓️ Racial Violence ⚖️ Military Tribunals

Blood on the Moon

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

by Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 pages

4.17

500+ ratings

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks ⛓️ Racial Violence ⚖️ Military Tribunals

Ash

by Mary Gentle • 2000

Carthage survived to build war machines that whisper, and only a scarred mercenary can hear them.

4.10

1k+

🕰️ Alternate History ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🗡️ Female Mercenary 👥 Sibling Rivalry 🫂 Found Family

Ash

Carthage survived to build war machines that whisper, and only a scarred mercenary can hear them.

by Mary Gentle 2000 1113 pages

4.10

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🗡️ Female Mercenary 👥 Sibling Rivalry 🫂 Found Family

April's Fools

by Ivy Asher • 2019

A pandemic sends three damaged Rangers to retrieve a sheriff's wild daughter. She'd rather stay.

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4k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🪖 Military Heroes 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing

April's Fools

A pandemic sends three damaged Rangers to retrieve a sheriff's wild daughter. She'd rather stay.

by Ivy Asher 2019 294 pages

3.87

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🪖 Military Heroes 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing

George Washington

by James MacGregor Burns • 2004

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

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1k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

George Washington

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

by James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 pages

3.97

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

Order to Kill

by Kyle Mills • 2016

A plan to irradiate Saudi oil fields pits a CIA agent against Russia's most lethal assassin.

4.35

23k+

🗡️ Rival Assassins ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🕵️ Covert Ops 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🇷🇺 Russian Intrigue

Order to Kill

A plan to irradiate Saudi oil fields pits a CIA agent against Russia's most lethal assassin.

by Kyle Mills 2016 365 pages

4.35

23k+ ratings

🗡️ Rival Assassins ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🕵️ Covert Ops 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🇷🇺 Russian Intrigue

The Charlemagne Pursuit

by Steve Berry • 2008

An ex-agent hunts his father's lost sub and uncovers a Nazi quest for an Antarctic civilization.

3.93

22k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛏️ Archaeological Thriller 👯 Twin Rivalry ☠️ Nazi Secrets 📜 Ancient Manuscript

The Charlemagne Pursuit

An ex-agent hunts his father's lost sub and uncovers a Nazi quest for an Antarctic civilization.

by Steve Berry 2008 509 pages

3.93

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛏️ Archaeological Thriller 👯 Twin Rivalry ☠️ Nazi Secrets 📜 Ancient Manuscript

Putinism

by Walter Laqueur • 2015

Oil wealth, Orthodox faith, and a KGB veteran filled the vacuum the Soviet Union left behind.

3.32

260

🏛️ Post-Soviet Politics 🌍 Russian Foreign Policy 🛢️ Petrostates ⛓️ Authoritarian Governance 🪪 National Identity

Putinism

Oil wealth, Orthodox faith, and a KGB veteran filled the vacuum the Soviet Union left behind.

by Walter Laqueur 2015 288 pages

3.32

260 ratings

🏛️ Post-Soviet Politics 🌍 Russian Foreign Policy 🛢️ Petrostates ⛓️ Authoritarian Governance 🪪 National Identity

Enchantress

by James Maxwell • 2012

An enchantress and her warrior brother hunt stolen tomes before their world's magic fades forever.

4.03

18k+

🏫 Magical Academy 👫 Orphaned Siblings 📜 Stolen Magic Source 🏰 Hidden Lineage 🏜️ Desert Tribes

Enchantress

An enchantress and her warrior brother hunt stolen tomes before their world's magic fades forever.

by James Maxwell 2012 626 pages

4.03

18k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Academy 👫 Orphaned Siblings 📜 Stolen Magic Source 🏰 Hidden Lineage 🏜️ Desert Tribes

To Risk It All

by James G. Stavridis • 2022

Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.

3.98

500+

⚓ Naval Leadership 📜 Naval History 🚨 Crisis Decision Making 🛡️ Military Ethics 🦁 Moral Courage

To Risk It All

Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.

by James G. Stavridis 2022 352 pages

3.98

500+ ratings

⚓ Naval Leadership 📜 Naval History 🚨 Crisis Decision Making 🛡️ Military Ethics 🦁 Moral Courage

All Necessary Force

by Brad Taylor • 2012

Pike Logan races to stop a nuclear attack funded by a congressman's deal with China.

4.21

12k+

🎯 Counterterrorism 🕵️ Black Ops 🗳️ Political Betrayal 🔥 Trial By Fire ⏰ Ticking Clock

All Necessary Force

Pike Logan races to stop a nuclear attack funded by a congressman's deal with China.

by Brad Taylor 2012 400 pages

4.21

12k+ ratings

🎯 Counterterrorism 🕵️ Black Ops 🗳️ Political Betrayal 🔥 Trial By Fire ⏰ Ticking Clock

The Target

by David Baldacci • 2014

Two assassins survive a brutal CIA purge as a North Korean hit targets the First Family.

4.18

65k+

🗺️ Geopolitical Thriller 🔍 CIA Operatives 🎯 Female Assassin 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Assassin Redemption

The Target

Two assassins survive a brutal CIA purge as a North Korean hit targets the First Family.

by David Baldacci 2014 420 pages

4.18

65k+ ratings

🗺️ Geopolitical Thriller 🔍 CIA Operatives 🎯 Female Assassin 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Assassin Redemption

The Spymasters

by Chris Whipple • 2020

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

4.05

1k+

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Intelligence Ethics

The Spymasters

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Intelligence Ethics

Hard Landing

by Stephen Leather • 2004

An undercover cop gets close to a prison kingpin, but his family is targeted on the outside.

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6k+

🕵️ Deep Cover 🚔 Prison Drama 💣 Tactical Action 👨‍👦 Family In Peril ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous Hero

Hard Landing

An undercover cop gets close to a prison kingpin, but his family is targeted on the outside.

by Stephen Leather 2004 376 pages

4.06

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Deep Cover 🚔 Prison Drama 💣 Tactical Action 👨‍👦 Family In Peril ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous Hero

Four Shots in the Night

by Henry Hemming • 2024

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

4.30

1k+

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents 🔗 State Collusion ⚖️ Post-Conflict Justice

Four Shots in the Night

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

by Henry Hemming 2024 368 pages

4.30

1k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents 🔗 State Collusion ⚖️ Post-Conflict Justice

Crisis and Command

by John Yoo • 2010

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

3.64

132

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Crisis and Command

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

by John Yoo 2010

3.64

132 ratings

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Foreign Agent

by Brad Thor • 2016

An ISIS massacre of a CIA team masks a Russian plot to start a ground war.

4.25

16k+

🪆 Russian Conspiracy 💣 Islamist Terror 🎯 Assassination Plot 🪖 Special Forces Agent 🌍 Global Manhunt

Foreign Agent

An ISIS massacre of a CIA team masks a Russian plot to start a ground war.

by Brad Thor 2016 352 pages

4.25

16k+ ratings

🪆 Russian Conspiracy 💣 Islamist Terror 🎯 Assassination Plot 🪖 Special Forces Agent 🌍 Global Manhunt

Star Wars

by James Luceno • 2005

Obi-Wan and Anakin chase a hidden Sith Lord across the galaxy as the trap tightens.

3.85

9k+

🚀 Clone Wars Era 🧑‍🏫 Mentor And Apprentice 🌑 Descent Into Darkness 🎭 Political Intrigue ⏳ Impending Doom

Star Wars

Obi-Wan and Anakin chase a hidden Sith Lord across the galaxy as the trap tightens.

by James Luceno 2005 370 pages

3.85

9k+ ratings

🚀 Clone Wars Era 🧑‍🏫 Mentor And Apprentice 🌑 Descent Into Darkness 🎭 Political Intrigue ⏳ Impending Doom

International Relations

by Joshua S. Goldstein • 1993

War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.

3.81

441

🌐 International Relations 🏛️ Political Realism 🕊️ Liberal Internationalism 🧱 Constructivism 🤝 Collective Action

International Relations

War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.

by Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 pages

3.81

441 ratings

🌐 International Relations 🏛️ Political Realism 🕊️ Liberal Internationalism 🧱 Constructivism 🤝 Collective Action

Most Dangerous

by Steve Sheinkin • 2015

After helping plan the Vietnam War, he leaked 7,000 pages proving every president had lied.

4.20

6k+

🕵️ Whistleblowing 🔒 Government Secrecy 🇻🇳 Vietnam War 🏛️ Watergate Era ⚔️ Cold War

Most Dangerous

After helping plan the Vietnam War, he leaked 7,000 pages proving every president had lied.

by Steve Sheinkin 2015 370 pages

4.20

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Whistleblowing 🔒 Government Secrecy 🇻🇳 Vietnam War 🏛️ Watergate Era ⚔️ Cold War

The Lincoln Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2020

Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.

4.31

6k+

🤫 Foiled Conspiracy ⚔️ Civil War Era 🕵️ Pinkerton Agency 🕯️ Secret Societies 🛤️ Underground Railroad

The Lincoln Conspiracy

Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.

by Brad Meltzer 2020 448 pages

4.31

6k+ ratings

🤫 Foiled Conspiracy ⚔️ Civil War Era 🕵️ Pinkerton Agency 🕯️ Secret Societies 🛤️ Underground Railroad

A Great Place To Have A War

by Joshua Kurlantzick • 2017

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

3.90

500+

🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History 🎭 Proxy Warfare 🏛️ American Foreign Policy

A Great Place To Have A War

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

by Joshua Kurlantzick 2017 336 pages

3.90

500+ ratings

🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History 🎭 Proxy Warfare 🏛️ American Foreign Policy

The Third Reich in Power

by Richard J. Evans • 2005

Peacetime Nazi Germany was no monolith. It was a chaos of rival fiefdoms driving toward racial war.

4.36

7k+

🇩🇪 Nazi Germany 🕰️ Interwar Europe 🚨 State Terror 🧬 Racial Hygiene 📢 Propaganda States

The Third Reich in Power

Peacetime Nazi Germany was no monolith. It was a chaos of rival fiefdoms driving toward racial war.

by Richard J. Evans 2005 941 pages

4.36

7k+ ratings

🇩🇪 Nazi Germany 🕰️ Interwar Europe 🚨 State Terror 🧬 Racial Hygiene 📢 Propaganda States

The Mammoth Book of the West

by Jon E. Lewis • 1996

Land seized, gold mined, bison slaughtered: how the real West vanished behind the myth.

3.98

137

🏔️ American Frontier 🐂 Westward Expansion 🛤️ Pioneer Migration 💰 Gold Rush California 🐄 Cattle Ranching

The Mammoth Book of the West

Land seized, gold mined, bison slaughtered: how the real West vanished behind the myth.

by Jon E. Lewis 1996 544 pages

3.98

137 ratings

🏔️ American Frontier 🐂 Westward Expansion 🛤️ Pioneer Migration 💰 Gold Rush California 🐄 Cattle Ranching

The Miracle of the Kurds

by Stephen Mansfield • 2014

After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.

4.09

335

🏔️ Kurdish History 🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction 🕊️ Genocide And Recovery ☪️ Moderate Islam 🚩 Kurdish Nationalism

The Miracle of the Kurds

After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.

by Stephen Mansfield 2014 272 pages

4.09

335 ratings

🏔️ Kurdish History 🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction 🕊️ Genocide And Recovery ☪️ Moderate Islam 🚩 Kurdish Nationalism

Hidden Order

by Brad Thor • 2013

Scot Harvath tracks a killer staging Federal Reserve murders as scenes from the American Revolution.

4.17

18k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🕶️ Rogue Intelligence 📜 Historical Conspiracy 🪶 Historical Murders

Hidden Order

Scot Harvath tracks a killer staging Federal Reserve murders as scenes from the American Revolution.

by Brad Thor 2013 377 pages

4.17

18k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🕶️ Rogue Intelligence 📜 Historical Conspiracy 🪶 Historical Murders

Raiders and Rebels

by Frank Sherry • 1986

How brutalized sailors built a floating republic and waged a thirty-year war against global empire.

4.24

282

🏴 Piracy History 🌊 Maritime History ⛵ Age Of Sail ⚓ Mutiny And Defiance ⚔️ Naval Warfare

Raiders and Rebels

How brutalized sailors built a floating republic and waged a thirty-year war against global empire.

by Frank Sherry 1986 399 pages

4.24

282 ratings

🏴 Piracy History 🌊 Maritime History ⛵ Age Of Sail ⚓ Mutiny And Defiance ⚔️ Naval Warfare

Krav Maga

by David Kahn • 2004

Size, strength irrelevant: Israeli combat method built on instinct, targeting, and weekly training.

3.82

244

🛡️ Self Defense Training 🥋 Martial Arts Instruction 🪖 Military Combatives 🧠 Mental Toughness 👀 Situational Awareness

Krav Maga

Size, strength irrelevant: Israeli combat method built on instinct, targeting, and weekly training.

by David Kahn 2004 192 pages

3.82

244 ratings

🛡️ Self Defense Training 🥋 Martial Arts Instruction 🪖 Military Combatives 🧠 Mental Toughness 👀 Situational Awareness

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