Cars

A car is a wheeled, self-powered motor vehicle used for transportation and a product of the automotive industry. Most definitions of the term specify that cars are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels with tyres, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car. In that year, German inventor Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars did not become widely available until the early 20th century. One of the first cars that was a ...more

The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport―A High-Octane History of Formula 1's Rise in America, Racing Culture, and Engineering Marvels
Surviving to Drive
Grand Prix: An Illustrated History of Formula 1
The Race to the Future: 8,000 Miles to Paris―The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century
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A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership: Uncomplicating Cars for All of Us
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Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It
Racing in the Dark: How the Bentley Boys Conquered Le Mans
A Letter for Bob: An Award-Winning Indigenous Picture Book About Family and Memories for Kids (Ages 4-8)
Bye, Car
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Road Trip!: A Whiskers Hollow Adventure
How To Build A Car
How Cars Work
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
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If I Built a Car (If I Built Series)
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My Car: A Wonderful Story About Vehicles, Colors, Shapes, and Community for Preschoolers
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The Art of Racing in the Rain
Auto Repair For Dummies
Car Science
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Retrofuturism (nonfiction)
30 books — 7 voters
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Hearse
7 books — 3 voters

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YA with Car Accidents
155 books — 39 voters
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In the Car with Your Feet Out
22 books — 7 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteFrom Doctor to Healer by Erica M. ElliottThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
True Crime-Read
130 books — 28 voters
Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottJourney to the West by Biao  WangMy Ailing Champion by Demetrius KoubourlisGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS  by Scott  NelsonDark Skies by David Haldane
Memoirs I've Loved Too
357 books — 93 voters


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Care to see your room?” -Bones Let me guess—it’s that smashed‐up car right over there." -Cat ...more
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Steve  Martin
You can start by wiping that fucking dumb-ass smile off your rosey, fucking, cheeks! Then you can give me a fucking automobile... a fucking Datsun, a fucking Toyota, a fucking Mustang, a fucking Buick! Four fucking wheels and a seat! And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of fucking nowhere with fucking keys to a fucking car that isn't fucking there. And I really didn't care to fucking walk down a fucking highway and across a fucking runway to get back here to hav ...more
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