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Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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by Caroline Fraser
Published Jun 2025
Read ReviewsFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Prairie Fires comes a terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond—a gripping investigation of how a new strain of psychopath emerged out of a toxic landscape of deadly industrial violence.
by Elizabeth Hand
Published Sep 2020
Read ReviewsAn intrepid young woman stalks a murderer through turn-of-the-century Chicago in "this rich, spooky, and atmospheric thriller that will appeal to fans of Henry Darger and Erik Larson alike" (Sarah McCarry).
by Julie Checkoway
Published Jun 2016
Read ReviewsThe inspirational, untold story of impoverished children who transformed themselves into world-class swimmers.
by Judith Flanders
Published Jul 2014
Read ReviewsIn this fascinating exploration of murder in the nineteenth century, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction.
by David King
Published Jun 2012
Read ReviewsDeath in the City of Light is a brilliant evocation of Nazi-Occupied Paris and a harrowing exploration of murder, betrayal, and evil of staggering proportions.
by Jane Harris
Published Jan 2012
Read ReviewsFrom the Orange Prize-nominated author of The Observations comes a beautifully conjured and wickedly sharp tale of art and deception in nineteenth-century Scotland.
by Dominic Smith
Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsFrom the award-winning author of The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre and The Beautiful Miscellaneous comes a sweeping historical novel set amid the skyscrapers of 1890s Chicago and the far-flung islands of the South Pacific.
by Howard Blum
Published Oct 2009
Read ReviewsSimultaneously offering the absorbing reading experience of a can’t-put-it-down thriller and the perception-altering resonance of a story whose reverberations continue even today, American Lightning is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.
by Michael Harvey
Published Jul 2009
Read ReviewsMichael Harvey’s sizzling follow-up to The Chicago Way opens with a murder in contemporary Chicago and winds its way back to Mrs. O’Leary’s cow and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
by Liza Ward
Published Aug 2005
Read ReviewsEvery so often a novel comes along that is capable of redeeming the losses it so devastatingly conveys. Disturbing, bittersweet, and lyrical, this is a story of people torn apart by tragedy and yet, finally, transformed by love.
by Jon Krakauer
Published Jun 2004
Read ReviewsA multilayered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, savage violence, polygamy, and unyielding faith. This is vintage Krakauer, an utterly compelling work of nonfiction that illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behavior.
by Simon Winchester
Published Apr 2004
Read ReviewsThe bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa.
by Laura Hillenbrand
Published Mar 2002
Read ReviewsHillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race.
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