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	Lady Bird and Lyndon: The Hidden Story of a Marriage That Made a President 3.97 avg rating — 592 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Roosevelt Women: A Portrait In Five Generations 3.87 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 1967 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Ladies: The Ever Changing Role, from Martha Washington to Melania Trump 3.94 avg rating — 166 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama 3.82 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America's First Ladies 3.71 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1987 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Laura Bush 3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inside the White House: America's Most Famous Home the First 200 Years 3.50 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Ladies from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama 3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Ladies 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Slumless America: Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of Affordable Housing 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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L'affare Vivaldi

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Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going by Neil deGrasse Tyson

4 votes, 18.2%

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

4 votes, 18.2%

Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 by Yang Jisheng

3 votes, 13.6%

Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933 by Anne Applebaum

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Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel

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The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest by Mark Synnott

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Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place On Earth by Iain MacGregor

1 vote, 4.5%

First Ladies: The Ever Changing Role, from Martha Washington to Melania Trump by Betty Boyd Caroli

1 vote, 4.5%

The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin by Jan Stocklassa

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Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark

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