Conjure Women
By: Afia Atakora
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing—and for the conjuring of curses—are at the h…
Want to Read $ 4.99"It was an honor to lift this burden and so the burden was light."-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
"It was an honor to lift this burden and so the burden was light."-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
"It was folly to think that she was the only one that had ever had any secrets."-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
"It was folly to think that she was the only one that had ever had any secrets."-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
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1. Patchwork
By: Ellen Banda-Aaku
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Winner of the Penguin Prize for African Writing 2010 (fiction). Destined from birth to inhabit two … read more
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- literary fiction
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2. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
By: Yvonne Korshak
4.29
Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
3. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
By: K. Ritz
4.33
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more
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- historical
- fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
4. Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- magical realism
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend
5. The Reformatory
By: Tananarive Due
4.47
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sen… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
6. Sorrowland
By: Rivers Solomon
3.83
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
Vern - seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was ra… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
"The United States was a catalogue of known wrongs."-Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland
"It only ever took a moment for life to break apart at the seams."-Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland
"Defiance would always be Vern’s purest and most plentiful resource."-Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland
"In the woods, where animals ruled with teeth and claws, such things mattered not a lick."-Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland
7. Red Clay, Running Waters
By: Leslie K. Simmons
4.48
Format: 684 pages, Paperback
Red Clay, Running Waters is the little-known story of John Ridge, a Cherokee man dedicated to his p… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
"He was her fire, had always been from the start, his burning, radiant spirit, a beacon worthy of following."-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters
"I sometimes think with Moliere, Mr. Ridge, that ‘there is no folly equal to he who attempts to mend the world.’"-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters
"Are you saying these Christians believe we will never be good enough to marry their daughters because of our race?"-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters
"I led you here, only to bring you into something I would have spared you. Could I have known we would have what we dreamed of, only to watch it taken away?"-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters
8. Victor's Blessing
By: Barbara Sontheimer
4.34
Format: 582 pages, Paperback
Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet, wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid. Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her. He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go. "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me! What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
9. Conjure Women
By: Afia Atakora
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing—and for the conjuring of curses—are at the h… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- magical realism
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- fantasy
- audiobook
"It was an honor to lift this burden and so the burden was light."-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
"It was folly to think that she was the only one that had ever had any secrets."-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
"Ain't every woman's daughter made from the death of the mama, somehow or another?"-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
"In death he looked himself a celebration - though surely his life had never been. But here it was, close up: freedom. He'd reached finally what he'd been running toward."-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
10. Two Wrongs
By: Mel McGrath
3.45
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A brand-new psychological thriller from bestselling author Mel McGrath, about the lengths a mother … read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
11. A Council of Dolls
By: Mona Susan Power
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native Amer… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Shame invades one's thoughts like a parasite, twists them like wet laundry until all sense is wrung out."-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
"When Winona whispered her memories to me in later years, she said that Whitestone Hill was the day the world ended. I never asked what she meant, how the world could be gone when the sun was still in…"-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
12. Black Candle Women
By: Diane Marie Brown
3.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show “If you like Practical Magic… you wi… read more
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- adult fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Some folks struggled disproportionately, carrying things that others couldn't even lift."-Diane Marie Brown, Black Candle Women
13. Between the Head and the Hands: A Novel
By: James Chaarani
3.14
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The candid story of a young man abandoned by his family and religion and left searching for identit… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- audiobook
14. Billy Rags
By: Ted Lewis
3.51
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A crime novel in which Billy Cracken's decision to escape from prison brings trouble in the form of… read more
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15. The Unmaking of Ellie Rook
By: Sandra Ireland
3.83
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A single phone call from halfway across the world is all it takes to bring her home . . . 'Ellie, s… read more
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16. Homecoming
By: Luan Goldie
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
For years Yvonne has tried to keep her demons buried and focus on moving forward. But her guilt is … read more
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17. Growing Season
By: Seni Glaister
3.04
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
After a life-saving operation leaves Sam unable to have children, could a rural cottage be the fres… read more
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18. The Bones of Barry Knight
By: Emma Musty
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In a remote refugee camp many diverse lives collide. A child with a love of wizards and an ageing … read more
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19. Song Beneath the Tides
By: Beverley Birch
3.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ally arrives from England with her brothers to stay for a month in Africa - weeks of running wild o… read more
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- historical fiction
20. Passion for the Heist (Desperados, 1)
By: K'wan
4.30
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A crime would bring them together, grief would bind them and love would make them famous. Parish “… read more
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21. The Wild Wind
By: Sheena Kalayil
3.75
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
In 1978, aged twelve, Sissy Olikara was living with her parents and baby brother on a school campus… read more
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