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Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best
By Neal Bascomb
This accounting of an iconic 1938 race recaps every twist and turn, for better or worse.
Spies of No Country
By Matti Friedman
Peeling back the cover on the little-known "Arab Section" and the men who inhabited it.
He Had It Coming: Four Murderous Women and the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories
By Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather
A fascinating, visually rich look at the tawdry real-life crimes that inspired “Chicago.”
The Man in the Red Coat
By Julian Barnes
A tour-de-force account of La Belle Époque’s luminary figures.
Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women’s Voices from the Gulag
By Monika Zgustova; translated by Julie Jones
Aching depths of purpose and meaning are explored in these conversations with female gulagniks.
Say Nothing
By Patrick Radden Keefe
A gruesome tale, graphically told.
Midnight in Chernobyl
By Adam Higginbotham
Exposing the true scale of the cataclysmic meltdown.
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
By Erik Larson
Though heavy on historical detail, this WWII chronicle is far too light on drama.
