The Bonfire of the Vanities
1987★ 5.3
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Alexander Hamilton
2004★ 5.4
The Unwinding
2013★ 5.6
Arguably
2011★ 5.6
John Adams
2001★ 5.9
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
1552★ 6.1
Anarchy, State and Utopia
1974★ 6.2
Washington
2010★ 6.3
Diplomacy
1994★ 6.4
The Passage of Power
2012★ 6.7
And the Band Played On
1987★ 6.8
All The King's Men
1946★ 6.8
All the President's Men
1974★ 6.8
The French Revolution
1837★ 6.9
Orientalism
1978★ 7.0
The Communist Manifesto
1848★ 7.0
Reflections on the Revolution in France
1790★ 7.1
Hope Against Hope
1970★ 7.1
Common Sense (Collected Writings)
1776★ 7.2
The Story of My Experiments with Truth
1929★ 7.2