Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics
By: Heather Lende
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the same year that Donald Trump was elected president, Heather Lende was one of the thousands of…
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1. The Paris Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery #7)
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
4.00
Format: 32 pages,
American-born codebreaker extraordinaire, Maggie Hope, must stop a traitor from uncovering England'… read more
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2. The Art of Memoir
By: Mary Karr
4.56
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr's The Liars' Clubspent more than a y… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. The Good House
By: Ann Leary
3.12
Format: 56 pages,
A funny, poignant and revealing novel that's become a huge word-of-mouth hit in the US. How do you … read more
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4. Out of the Deep Woods (Sweet Tooth, #1)
By: Jeff Lemire , José Villarrubia , Carlos M. Mangual
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jeff Lemire's acclaimed new series introduce Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid who was r… read more
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5. Countdown City (The Last Policeman, #2)
By: Ben H. Winters
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
There are just 77 days to go before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Hank Palac… read more
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6. The Last Time I Saw You
By: Elizabeth Berg
4.79
Format: None pages,
As onetime classmates meet up over the course of a weekend for their fortieth high school reunion, … read more
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7. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
- audiobook
8. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
9. Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier
By: Mark Adams
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating and funny journ… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
- audiobook
10. The President’s Wife
By: Tracey Enerson Wood
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The incredible story of the First Lady who clandestinely assumed the presidency, from the USA Today… read more
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- politics
- audiobook
11. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
By: Anne Lamott
3.86
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From Anne Lamott, the New York Times-bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow, comes the book we nee… read more
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- memoir
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"So, writing. What a bitch."-Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
"... expectations are resentments under construction."-Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
"It is okay to fear death. Many people who don’t can be a little too pleased with themselves."-Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
"We can change. People say we can't, but we do when the the stakes or the pain is high enough."-Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
12. Blackwater Falls (Blackwater Falls, #1)
By: Ausma Zehanat Khan
3.75
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
From critically acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan, Blackwater Falls is the first in a timely and … read more
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- audiobook
- contemporary
13. Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
By: Christian Cooper
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video th… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Nor did I know back then that McCartney had written the song as an ode to Black women ("bird" being British slang for a pretty girl) at the pivotal moment of the civil rights struggle. That would onl…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"Writing a memoir is akin to taking off one's clothes in public, and as I learned years ago in the amateur strip contest as Darren and the go-go boys cheered me on, success at such an endeavor can onl…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"Beginning around 1910, The Great Migration saw some 6 million black people surge Northward, out of the states of the former Confederacy, spurred by the same thing that lies behind the yearly migratio…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"What makes birding such a phenomenon? Why not "mammaling" or insecting? Certainly those pursuits have their adherents, as the thousands who visit Africa on safari or who catalog butterflies can attes…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
14. The Divorcées
By: Rowan Beaird
3.15
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Lois Saunders thought marrying the right man would cure her loneliness, but as picture-perfect as h… read more
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- audiobook
- contemporary
15. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time
By: Ryan McGee
4.36
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
17. America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
By: Blythe Roberson
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read abou… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"It sometimes feels like men feel the need to assert their dominance over nature. Rich white men, who have no problems, climb mountains to see what having problems feels like."-Blythe Roberson, America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
18. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
By: Helen Simonson
3.96
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more
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- audiobook
19. When Less Becomes More: Making Space for Slow, Simple, and Good
By: Emily Ley
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Women today are more fatigued, burned out, and overwhelmed than ever. You may feel like your life i… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We must first unpack our commitments, evaluate each one, and make a decision: keep the non negotiable and that which matters most, and then toss the excess."-Emily Ley, When Less Becomes More: Making Space for Slow, Simple, and Good
20. The King's Justice (Maggie Hope #9)
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
4.02
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Could a stolen violin be linked to a serial killer terrorizing London during World War II? Only sec… read more
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21. Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics
By: Heather Lende
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the same year that Donald Trump was elected president, Heather Lende was one of the thousands of… read more
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- biography
- history
- memoir
- politics
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- contemporary
- audiobook
22. Lark Ascending
By: Silas House
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A timely, powerful story of survival set in the not-too-distant future, reminding us to always hold… read more
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- audiobook
"The world became smaller, yet louder."-Silas House, Lark Ascending
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."-Silas House, Lark Ascending
"There was some comfort in knowing that, although the world was being torn in two, there were still remarkable things that went on being, that refused to lose their shine. Some days it was only the wo…"-Silas House, Lark Ascending
23. Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
By: Margaret Renkl
4.30
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
Growing up in Alabama, Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
"The loss you don't know about is no less a loss, but it costs you nothing and so it causes you no pain."-Margaret Renkl, Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
"When I didn't die, however, and then didn't die some more, I came one day to understand: I wasn't dying; I was grieving. I wasn't dying. Not yet."-Margaret Renkl, Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
"Back on the caregiving roller coaster, I struggled to remember the lesson I had just learned so painfully with Mom: the end of caregiving isn't freedom. The end of caregiving is grief."-Margaret Renkl, Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
24. The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West
By: Will Grant
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“Spellbinding…an unforgettable journey across the American West.” - Douglas Preston For readers … read more
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- history
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
25. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
By: Curtis Chin
3.80
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther
By: Craig Pittman
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
It wasn't so long ago when a lot of people thought the Florida panther was extinct. They were very … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
27. Consent: A Memoir
By: Jill Ciment
3.96
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Significant Others
By: Zoe Eisenberg
3.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"I've been searching for a book with female friendships at the heart of it that doesn't feel flippa… read more
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- audiobook
29. New York, My Village
By: Uwem Akpan
3.38
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Exuberant storytelling full of wry comedy, dark history, and devastating satire―by the celebrated a… read more
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- audiobook
- contemporary
30. Cold Mountain Path: The Ghost Town Decades of McCarthy-Kennecott, Alaska
By: Tom Kizzia
4.04
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
We all have ghost towns. Impermanent places we dream of returning to. Here was Alaska’s. In 1938… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
31. The Twenty: One Woman's Trek Across Corsica on the GR20 Trail
By: Marianne C. Bohr
4.42
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Marianne Bohr and her husband, about to turn sixty, are restless for adventure. They decide on an e… read more
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- memoir
