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#7

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores

#1 of 2 in Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

2012 • 63 Readers • 125 pages • 3.6

#10

To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery

1989 • 1 Reader • 403 pages

#17

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

#1 of 4 in Time Traveller's Guides

2008 • 1 Reader

#44

The Mistress of Paris

2017 • 1 Reader • 368 pages

#57

Stupid History

2009 • 1 Reader • 274 pages

#106

King, Kaiser, Tsar

2006 • 4 Readers • 359 pages

#173

Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War

2017 • 2 Readers • 432 pages • 4

#236

The Barbizon

13 Readers • 3

#248

Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies

2019 • 1 Reader • 263 pages • 4

#262

Pearls before Poppies: The Story of the Red Cross Pearls

2 Readers

#264

The Duchess Countess

2022 • 2 Readers • 440 pages

#268

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

1959 • 382 Readers • 270 pages • 4.5

#283

Agatha Christie

2022 • 8 Readers • 562 pages • 4

#319

How to Piss Off Men: 109 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego

7 Readers • 4

#320

Alien Earths: Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

2024 • 19 Readers • 288 pages • 4

#321

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

2024 • 22 Readers • 289 pages • 2.3

#322

I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

2024 • 23 Readers • 289 pages • 3.9

#323

Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

2023 • 14 Readers • 367 pages • 3

#324

Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

2018 • 11 Readers • 288 pages • 4

#325

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3 Readers • 4

#326

Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age

2024 • 17 Readers • 320 pages • 4

#327

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1 Reader

#328

Boudoirs to Brothels: The Intimate World of Wild West Women

2014 • 1 Reader • 195 pages

#329

Höhenrausch: Das kurze Leben zwischen den Kriegen

2022 • 2 Readers • 573 pages

#330

Vertigo

2022 • 1 Reader

#331

Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration

2024 • 2 Readers • 367 pages

#332

Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

2024 • 1 Reader • 531 pages

#333

A Feast of Folklore: The Bizarre Stories Behind British Food

2024 • 2 Readers • 267 pages

#334

Travels of Terror: Strange and Spooky Spots Across America

2024 • 2 Readers • 338 pages • 4

#335

The Secret Lives of Color

2016 • 15 Readers • 320 pages • 4.4

#336

Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—A Cool History of a Hot Commodity

2023 • 2 Readers • 336 pages

#337

The Astronaut Wives Club

2013 • 14 Readers • 288 pages • 3.4

#338

The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans – A Story of Love and War

2020 • 1 Reader • 336 pages

#339

Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus

2024 • 1 Reader • 636 pages

#340

Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

2024 • 1 Reader • 273 pages • 4

#341

Precious: The History and Mystery of Gems Across Time

2024 • 1 Reader • 289 pages • 4

#342

Food to Die For: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places

2024 • 2 Readers • 289 pages • 4

#1

Southern Lady Code

2020 • 1 Reader • 226 pages

#1

Hollywood

2022 • 3 Readers • 5

#1

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2016 • 1 Reader

#1

Cover 6

1 Reader

#1

Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire

2009 • 2 Readers • 528 pages

#1

Doris Day Confidential: Hollywood, Sex and Stardom

2013 • 1 Reader • 272 pages

#1

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1984 • 1 Reader

#1

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2017 • 1 Reader

#1

How Carrots Won the Trojan War: Curious (But True) Stories of Common Vegetables

2011 • 1 Reader • 384 pages

#1

Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince

2009 • 2 Readers

#1

Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips

2012 • 1 Reader

#1

The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince

2010 • 6 Readers • 768 pages • 5

#1

Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household

2012 • 5 Readers • 448 pages

#1

And the Show Went On

2010 • 3 Readers

#1

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1982 • 1 Reader • 5

#1

The Golden Age of Murder

2015 • 6 Readers • 528 pages • 3.8

#1

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1982 • 1 Reader • 434 pages

#1

In Search of Jane Austen: The Language of the Letters

2014 • 1 Reader • 297 pages

#1

Famous Americans: A Directory of Museums, Historic Sites, and Memorials

2013 • 1 Reader

#1

50 Beaches to Blow Your Mind

2016 • 1 Reader

#1

Bright Young People

2009 • 1 Reader • 384 pages • 2

#1

Cover 8

2 Readers

#1

The Movie Book

2016 • 1 Reader • 352 pages

#1

The Mythology Book

2018 • 2 Readers • 352 pages

#1

Oscar Wilde's Last Stand: Decadence, Conspiracy, and the Most Outrageous Trial of the Century

1997 • 4 Readers • 256 pages

#1

The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret

2015 • 3 Readers

#1

Cover 8

2016 • 1 Reader • 2

#1

The bolter

3 Readers • 5

#1

We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie

2017 • 8 Readers • 334 pages • 3.2

#1

The Shakespeare Book

2015 • 2 Readers • 352 pages

#1

P.D. James: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

1 Reader

#1

The Kingdom of Wurttemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871

2017 • 1 Reader

#1

Murder in the Closet

2017 • 1 Reader • 304 pages

#1

The Riviera Set

2017 • 2 Readers • 448 pages

#1

Cover 4

1 Reader

#1

Cover 3

2018 • 1 Reader

#1

Seduction

2018 • 9 Readers • 576 pages • 4

#1

Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation

2016 • 1 Reader • 480 pages

#1

Cover 5

2017 • 1 Reader

#1

Cover 4

3 Readers • 3

#1

Cover 4

2017 • 6 Readers • 3.5

#1

Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe

2017 • 11 Readers • 382 pages

#1

Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America

2018 • 2 Readers • 4

#1

Book Lust to Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers

Book Lust

2010 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

#1

Last Night of the Proms: An Official Miscellany

1 Reader

#1

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2018 • 1 Reader

#1

Cover 1

1 Reader

#1

It's All a Game

2017 • 12 Readers • 303 pages • 3.8

#1

Blood, Fire and Gold

2022 • 5 Readers • 320 pages • 5

#1

Rogues' Gallery: The Rise (and Occasional Fall) of Art Dealers, the Hidden Players in the History of Art

2017 • 1 Reader

#1

Bizarre World: A Collection of the World's Creepiest, Strangest, and Sometimes Most Hilarious Traditions

2019 • 2 Readers • 272 pages • 3

#1

The Last Castle

2017 • 17 Readers • 3.7

#1

199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die

2017 • 3 Readers • 240 pages

#1

A is for Arsenic

2015 • 15 Readers • 288 pages • 4.3

#1

The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice

2017 • 2 Readers

#1

The Fabric of Civilization

2021 • 5 Readers • 320 pages • 4

#1

The Sun and Her Stars

2020 • 3 Readers • 352 pages

#1

New York Behind Closed Doors

2017 • 1 Reader • 386 pages

#1

Cover 8

1 Reader

#1

The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books

2017 • 3 Readers • 357 pages • 4

#1

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1 Reader

#1

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2017 • 1 Reader • 4

#1

Inventing the It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood

2022 • 3 Readers • 396 pages • 4

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