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Book cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Winn VanBrimer

From Winn's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Winn loves this book

Dual non fiction stories that were both extremely interesting and a page turner

By Erik Larson ,

Why should I read it?

28 authors picked The Devil in the White City as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The Chicago World Fair was the greatest fair in American history. This is the story of the men and women whose lives it irrevocably changed and of two men in particular- an architect and a serial killer. The architect is Daniel Burnham, a man of great integrity and depth. It was his vision of the fair that attracted the best minds and talents of the day. The killer is Henry H. Holmes. Intelligent as well as handsome and charming, Holmes opened a boarding house which he advertised as 'The World's Fair Hotel' Here in the neighbourhood where he was once…


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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

Book cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

John Rennie Short Author Of Insurrection: What the January 6 Assault on the Capitol Reveals About America and Democracy

From John's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author Professor emeritus Urbanist Geographer Maphead Geopolitician

John's 3 favorite reads in 2025

John Rennie Short Why John loves this book

The author takes us on Captain Cook's last voyage that started in London in 1776, sailed around Africa calling at New Zealand before heading north visiting Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti and Tonga. He left tropical delights to head further north, charged with finding a Northwest Passage and reached the icy waters of the Chukchi Sea. He returned to the Hawaii where he was killed by native Hawaiians. The author does a fine job of detailing the voyage, and dealing with the power relations in the colonial contacts. It is a narrative history that is critical of the colonial underpinnings of the journey. The central idea that Cook was suffering mental decline as the voyage progressed is more asserted than proven. One point of criticism: For a voyage narrative it seems odd and very annoying that there is no map.

By Hampton Sides ,

Why should I read it?

10 authors picked The Wide Wide Sea as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.

“Hampton Sides, an acclaimed master of the nonfiction narrative, has taken on Cook’s story and retells it for the 21st century.”—Los Angeles Times

On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest…


Book cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Book cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

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