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  1. Capital Gaines: The Smart Things I've Learned...
    Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines...
    Audible Audiobook
    910
    $19.95  
  2. Stray: Memoir of a Runaway
    Tanya Marquardt
    Kindle Edition
    121
    $4.99  
  3. The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes...
    John McCain, Mark Salter...
    Audible Audiobook
    237
    $21.95  
  4. American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
    American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the...
    Nick Bilton, Will Damron...
    Audible Audiobook
    378
    $26.95  
  5. Educated: A Memoir
    Educated: A Memoir
    Tara Westover
    Kindle Edition
    1,963
    $12.99  
  6. Paul: A Biography
    Paul: A Biography
    N. T. Wright, James Langton...
    Audible Audiobook
    94
    $31.95  
  7. The Woman in the Strongbox (Missing collection)
    The Woman in the Strongbox (Missing collection)
    Maureen O'Hagan
    Kindle Edition
    119
    $1.99  
  8. Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address (New York State)
    Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual...
    Stephen Birmingham
    Kindle Edition
    614
    $1.99  
  9. My Spiritual Journey
    My Spiritual Journey
    Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever
    Kindle Edition
    92
    $13.99  
  10. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
    Born a Crime: Stories from a South African...
    Trevor Noah, Audible Studios
    Audible Audiobook
    5,463
    $21.95  
  11. Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century
    Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the...
    Sergei Kostin, Eric Raynaud...
    Kindle Edition
    296
    $1.99  
  12. The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores
    The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and...
    Diana Marcum
    Kindle Edition
    457
    $4.99  
  13. Sacrifice on the Steppe: The Italian Alpine Corps in the Stalingrad Campaign, 1942-1943
    Sacrifice on the Steppe: The Italian Alpine...
    Hope Hamilton
    Kindle Edition
    26
    $0.99  
  14. Time Out (Missing collection)
    Time Out (Missing collection)
    Claudia Rowe
    Kindle Edition
    69
    $1.99  
  15. Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope
    Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their...
    Wendy Holden
    Kindle Edition
    884
    $11.74  
  16. When Breath Becomes Air
    When Breath Becomes Air
    Paul Kalanithi, Sunil Malhotra...
    Audible Audiobook
    8,080
    $23.95  
  17. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
    Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and...
    Jocko Willink, Leif Babin...
    Audible Audiobook
    2,182
    $23.95  
  18. Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small Book 5)
    Every Living Thing
    James Herriot
    Kindle Edition
    368
    $1.99  
  19. Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
    Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience...
    Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant...
    Audible Audiobook
    984
    $23.95  
  20. Catching Murphy (Missing collection)
    Catching Murphy (Missing collection)
    Wilson Ring
    Kindle Edition
    71
    $1.99  
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  1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders...
    David Grann
    Paperback
    3,325
    $9.95  
  2. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and...
    Jocko Willink
    Hardcover
    2,182
    $16.78  
  3. Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump...
    Omarosa Manigault Newman
    Kindle Edition
    213
    $14.99  
  4. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
    How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science...
    Michael Pollan
    Kindle Edition
    226
    $14.99  
  5. Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency
    Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That...
    Dan Abrams, David Fisher
    Kindle Edition
    135
    $12.99  
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  1. The Stones, the Crows, the Grass, the Moon
    Walter Kirn
    Kindle Edition
    38
    $1.99  
  2. After Words (Missing collection)
    Nina Mitchell
    Kindle Edition
    33
    $1.99  
  3. Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover...
    Ron Stallworth, Macmillan Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    84
    $23.95  
  4. Fear: Trump in the White House
    Fear: Trump in the White House
    Bob Woodward
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99  
  5. A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World
    A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World
    David Spade, Audible Studios
    Audible Audiobook
    37
    $25.95  
  6. Small Fry
    Small Fry
    Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Eileen Stevens...
    Audible Audiobook
    $21.41  
  7. Fear
    Fear
    Bob Woodward, Robert Petkoff...
    Audible Audiobook
    $24.49  
  8. Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret
    Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret
    Craig Brown
    Kindle Edition
    36
    $14.99  
  9. Liars, Leakers, and Liberals
    Liars, Leakers, and Liberals
    Jeanine Pirro, Hachette Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    555
    $25.95  
  10. The Saga of Billy the Kid: The Thrilling Life of America's Original Outlaw
    The Saga of Billy the Kid: The Thrilling Life...
    Walter Noble Burns
    Kindle Edition
    19
    $1.99  
  11. Poisoned Blood: A True Story of Murder, Passion, and an Astonishing Hoax
    Poisoned Blood: A True Story of Murder, Passion...
    Philip E. Ginsburg
    Kindle Edition
    15
    $1.99  
  12. The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House
    The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White...
    Ben Rhodes, Mark Deakins...
    Audible Audiobook
    170
    $29.95  
  13. Imperfect Courage
    Imperfect Courage
    Jessica Honegger, Random House Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    437
    $20.95  
  14. You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir
    You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir
    Parker Posey, Penguin Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    22
    $23.95  
  15. Fail Until You Don't: Fight. Grind. Repeat.
    Fail Until You Don't: Fight. Grind. Repeat.
    Bobby Bones, HarperAudio
    Audible Audiobook
    570
    $22.95  
  16. Tragedy Plus Time
    Tragedy Plus Time
    Adam Cayton-Holland, Simon & Schuster Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    4
    $15.95  
  17. The Hooligans of Kandahar: Not All War Stories are Heroic
    The Hooligans of Kandahar: Not All War Stories...
    Joseph Kassabian
    Kindle Edition
    12
    $0.99  
  18. The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy
    The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who...
    Anne de Courcy, Clare Corbett...
    Audible Audiobook
    11
    $27.95  
  19. Becoming
    Becoming
    Michelle Obama
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99  
  20. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
    Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All...
    Keith O'Brien, Erin Bennett...
    Audible Audiobook
    39
    $17.95  
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  1. Dishonor: One Soldier's Journey from Desertion...
    David Mike, Deb Lee Toth
    Kindle Edition
    125
    $4.99  
  2. Florencia - An Accidental Story
    Douglas Bowman, John Mullen
    Kindle Edition
    91
    $4.99  
  3. Worth the Pain: My Journey from Meth to Ministry
    Jessica Youngblood
    Audible Audiobook
    85
    $13.08  
  4. Five Years, Eleven Months and a Lifetime of Unexpected Love: a memoir
    Five Years, Eleven Months and a Lifetime of...
    Visakha Dasi, John Griesser
    Kindle Edition
    83
    $7.99  
  5. The Magnolia Story (with Bonus Content)
    The Magnolia Story (with Bonus Content)
    Chip Gaines, ...Joanna Gaines...
    Kindle Edition
    5,125
    $9.99  
  6. The Hiding Place
    The Hiding Place
    Corrie Ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill...
    Kindle Edition
    3,645
    $6.83  
  7. Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity
    Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim...
    Nabeel Qureshi, Zondervan
    Audible Audiobook
    3,398
    $19.95  
  8. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
    With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
    E. B. Sledge, Marc Vietor...
    Audible Audiobook
    2,892
    $21.95  
  9. Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading This Book
    Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading...
    Bobby Bones, HarperAudio
    Audible Audiobook
    1,767
    $22.95  
  10. Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus
    Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to...
    Rifqa Bary
    Kindle Edition
    841
    $1.99  
  11. Hung Like a Seahorse: A Real-Life Transgender Adventure of Tragedy, Comedy, and Recovery
    Hung Like a Seahorse: A Real-Life Transgender...
    Quinn Alexander Fontaine
    Paperback
    69
    $15.95  
  12. This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever
    This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary...
    Rory Feek, Thomas Nelson
    Audible Audiobook
    773
    $19.95  
  13. The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and His Streetwise Cat
    The World According to Bob: The Further...
    James Bowen
    Kindle Edition
    733
    $9.99  
  14. The Hardest Peace: Expecting Grace in the Midst of Life's Hard
    The Hardest Peace: Expecting Grace in the Midst...
    Kara Tippetts, Patty Fogarty...
    Audible Audiobook
    735
    $14.95  
  15. All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor
    All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's...
    Donald Stratton, Ken Gire...
    Audible Audiobook
    688
    $22.95  
  16. Model Mormon: Fighting for Self-Worth on the Runway and as an Independent Woman
    Model Mormon: Fighting for Self-Worth on the...
    Rosemary Card
    Kindle Edition
    69
    $5.99  
  17. Secrets & Shame: Dear Oprah Diaries
    Secrets & Shame: Dear Oprah Diaries
    James W. Mercer
    Kindle Edition
    68
    $8.99  
  18. Three James Herriot Classics: All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful
    Three James Herriot Classics: All Creatures...
    James Herriot
    Kindle Edition
    651
    $15.87  
  19. Waking Mathilda: A Memoir of Childhood Narcolepsy
    Waking Mathilda: A Memoir of Childhood Narcolepsy
    Claire Crisp
    Kindle Edition
    67
    $2.99  
  20. Daring to Hope: Finding God's Goodness in the Broken and the Beautiful
    Daring to Hope: Finding God's Goodness in the...
    Katie Davis Majors, Ann Voskamp - foreword...
    Audible Audiobook
    574
    $23.95  
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