Book summaries of the best fiction and nonfiction books starting with the letter "A"

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1048 books starting with "A"

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1948: A Soldier's Tale - The Bloody Road to Jerusalem
by Uri Avnery
Feb 25 2009
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1974: A Personal History
by Francine Prose
Jun 18 2024
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2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas
by Marie-Helene Bertino
Aug 05 2014
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2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America
by Albert Brooks
Apr 10 2012
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206 Bones: A Novel
by Kathy Reichs
Aug 25 2009
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20th Century Ghosts
by Joe Hill
Oct 16 2007
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari
Sep 04 2018
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23 Days in July: Inside the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong's Record-Breaking Victory
by John Wilcockson
Jun 14 2005
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23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang
Jan 04 2011
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2312
by Kim Stanley Robinson
May 22 2012
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24 Hours in Charlottesville: An Oral History of the Stand Against White Supremacy
by Nora Neus
Jul 18 2023
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25 Ways to Win With People: How to Make Others Feel like a Million Bucks
by John Maxwell and Les Parrot
Jun 06 2005
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2666: A Novel
by Roberto Bolano
Nov 11 2008
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The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
by Rachel L. Swarns
Jun 13 2023
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28 Summers
by Elin Hilderbrand
Jun 16 2020
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by Mary Sojourner
Aug 12 2014
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3 Sections: Poems
by Vijay Seshadri
Sep 03 2013
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3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
by James Kaplan
Mar 05 2024
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3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows
by Ann Brashares
Jan 13 2009
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3:16: The Numbers of Hope
by Max Lucado
Sep 11 2007
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31 Hours
by Masha Hamilton
Sep 08 2009
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33 Place Brugmann
by Alice Austen
Mar 11 2025
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The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri: A Novel
by David Bajo
Jun 19 2008
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36 Righteous Men
by Steven Pressfield
Nov 05 2019
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4 3 2 1
by Paul Auster
Jan 31 2017
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The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
by Richard Panek
Jan 10 2011
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40 Sonnets
by Don Patterson
Nov 03 2015
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42 Today: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy (Washington Mews Books)
by Michael G. Long, et al
Feb 09 2021
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The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel
by Stephen Hunter
Sep 11 2007
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48 Hours: A Novel
by William R. Forstchen
Jan 08 2019
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