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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

Bill O'Reilly

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  • The Lincoln Conspiracy

    Brad Meltzer2020

    This account details a secret society's 1861 plot to kill Abraham Lincoln in Baltimore before his first inauguration.

    Same propulsive register, still true crime

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Denser prose

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  • Confessions

    Augustine of Hippo

    A 4th-century bishop writes a spiritual autobiography addressed to God. He recounts his sinful youth and his eventual conversion to Christianity.

    propulsive → meditative

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  • Antifragile

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb2012

    A philosophical exploration of systems that thrive under stress and disorder. It argues against fragility in economics and personal life.

    propulsive → reflective

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  • How to Read a Book

    Mortimer J. Adler1940

    This is a guide to active reading techniques for different genres. It outlines levels of reading from basic literacy to syntopical analysis.

    propulsive → mysterious

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To recover

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  • Profiles in Courage

    John F. Kennedy1955

    Biographical sketches of eight United States Senators who risked their careers to follow their consciences.

    propulsive → earnest

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  • Living History

    Hillary Rodham Clinton2000

    Hillary Clinton recounts her life from a 1950s childhood to her eight years as First Lady. She details her policy work and political scandals.

    propulsive → earnest

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  • The Coming of the Quantum Cats

    Frederik Pohl1986

    Multiple versions of the same people from parallel Americas collide as different timelines begin to leak into one another.

    propulsive → sardonic

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Slower

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  • Confessions

    Augustine of Hippo

    A 4th-century bishop writes a spiritual autobiography addressed to God. He recounts his sinful youth and his eventual conversion to Christianity.

    propulsive → meditative

    pace-3·prose+3·bleak-1

  • How to Read a Book

    Mortimer J. Adler1940

    This is a guide to active reading techniques for different genres. It outlines levels of reading from basic literacy to syntopical analysis.

    propulsive → mysterious

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  • The Red Book: Liber Novus

    C.G. Jung2009

    A psychologist records his visions and internal dialogues in an illuminated manuscript created during a period of intense self-exploration.

    propulsive → dreamlike

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Heavier

propulsive → clinical, still true crime

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  • Under the Banner of Heaven

    Jon Krakauer2003

    This account links a 1984 double murder to the history and evolution of Mormon fundamentalism.

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  • Columbine

    Dave Cullen2009

    A journalist reconstructs the 1999 school shooting using police records and the killers' journals to debunk common myths.

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  • A Stolen Life

    Jaycee Dugard2011

    Jaycee Dugard recounts her 18-year kidnapping and captivity in a backyard shed. She describes her daily survival and raising her two daughters.

    propulsive → earnest, still true crime

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