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by Stacy Schiff · about this book

Loved Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff? If its nonfiction, biography and history hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, When God Was a Woman and Marsha. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Cleopatra: A Life: Nonfiction · Biography · History · Ancient History · Female Lead

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   My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

   Abigail Adams, John Adams

   History · Political Biography · Nonfiction · Biography · Diplomatic History

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   When God Was a Woman

   Merlin Stone

   Ancient History · History · Ancient Egypt · Nonfiction · Dense Prose

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   Marsha

   Tourmaline

   Biography · Political Biography · History · Nonfiction · Female Lead

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   King Hancock

   Brooke Barbier

   Biography · Political Biography · History · Nonfiction

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   The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

   Tom Reiss

   Biography · History · Nonfiction · Political Intrigue · Military History

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   Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS

   Lisa Rogak

   History · Biography · Nonfiction · Female Lead · Military History

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   A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

   S. Nassir Ghaemi

   Political Biography · History · Nonfiction · Biography · Military History

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   The 48 Laws of Power

   Robert Greene

   Monarchy History · History · Nonfiction · Royal Court · Political Intrigue

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   The Spy and the Traitor

   Ben Macintyre

   History · Biography · Nonfiction · Political Intrigue · Diplomatic History

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    The League of Lady Poisoners

    Lisa Perrin

    History · Biography · Nonfiction · Ancient History · Feminism

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    The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

    Hallie Rubenhold

    History · Biography · Nonfiction · Female Lead · Feminism

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    The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival

    John Bagot Glubb

    History · Ancient History · Nonfiction · Monarchy History

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    Spitfires

    Becky Aikman

    History · Biography · Nonfiction · Soldiers and Warfare · Military History

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    The Splendor Before the Dark

    Margaret George

    Ancient Rome · Ancient History · Political Intrigue · Royal Court · Dense Prose

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    The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

    Mallory O'Meara

    Biography · Nonfiction · History · Female Lead · Feminism

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    Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine

    Eugene Finkel

    History · Nonfiction · Diplomatic History · Propaganda · Military History

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    Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

    Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig

    Political Biography · Biography · Nonfiction · Dense Prose

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    Spare

    Prince Harry

    Monarchy History · Nonfiction · Royal Court · Sibling Rivalry · Soldiers and Warfare

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    Priestess of Avalon

    Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson

    Ancient Rome · Royal Court · Female Lead · Political Intrigue · Dense Prose

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    Thunderstruck

    Erik Larson

    History · Biography · Nonfiction · Slow-Paced

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