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Nancy Pearl Book Recommendations

Nancy Pearl is an American librarian, best-selling author, literary critic and the former Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book at Seattle Public Library.

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10 Books Recommended

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The Quiet Americans

Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War--a Tragedy in Three Acts

by Scott Anderson

"A book about the first 15 years of the CIA." - Nancy Pearl (Source)

Lawrence in Arabia

War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

by Scott Anderson

"Wondeful." - Nancy Pearl (Source)

The Unquiet Dead

Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak, Book 1

by Ausma Zehanat Khan

"One of the best mysteries that I've found in a long time." - Nancy Pearl (Source)

All the Way to the Tigers

A Memoir

by Mary Morris

"One of my favorite books of [2020]." - Nancy Pearl (Source)

The Cactus League

A Novel

by Emily Nemens

"A baseball book for people who don't love baseball." - Nancy Pearl (Source)

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She Votes

How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next

by Bridget Quinn

"A wonderful, wonderful book." - Nancy Pearl (Source)

The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas

by Gertrude Stein

"Just a delight to read." - Nancy Pearl (Source)

Set My Heart to Five

A Novel

by Simon Stephenson

"When I was reading this book, I just kept laughing and reading sections out loud to my husband." - Nancy Pearl (Source)

Hench

A Novel

by Natalie Zina Walschots

"Another book I just loved." - Nancy Pearl (Source)

The Liar's Dictionary

A Novel

by Eley Williams

"It is so inventive." - Nancy Pearl (Source)