Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës
By: Devoney Looser
4.48
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Prairie Fires and The Peabody Sisters, a fascinating, insightful biography of the mo…
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1. The Missing Chums (Hardy Boys, #4)
By: Franklin W. Dixon
4.81
Format: 539 pages,
Eighteen year-old Frankand seventeen year-old Joe, no sooner accept a 'Shantytown' beach investigat… read more
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2. Jane Austen at Home
By: Lucy Worsley
3.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
On the eve of the two hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen's death, take a trip back to her world a… read more
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- history
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- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- books about books
- audiobook
3. Rob Roy
By: Walter Scott
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
Scott's tour de forceof family intrigue has two heroes. Francis Osbaldistone, dispatched in disgrac… read more
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4. Daniel Deronda
By: George Eliot , Edmund White
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
George Eliot's final novel and her most ambitious work, Daniel Derondacontrasts the moral laxity of… read more
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5. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen
By: Syrie James
3.71
Format: 435 pages, Paperback
Many rumors abound about a mysterious gentleman said to be the love of Jane's life--finally, the tr… read more
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6. Jane Austen: A Life
By: Claire Tomalin
3.87
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
At her death in 1817, Jane Austen left the world six of the most beloved novels written in English-… read more
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7. Tales from the Perilous Realm
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Tom Shippey , Alan Lee
3.00
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas ("Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by N… read more
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8. The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life
By: Clare Carlisle
4.13
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A startling new portrait of George Eliot, the beloved novelist and a rare philosophical mind who ex… read more
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- history
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- literary criticism
9. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2019 PEN/EO Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing In Eager, environmental jour… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Pandemonium isn’t convenient, but often it’s more natural than stability."-Ben Goldfarb, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
10. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
By: Melissa L. Sevigny
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. Godmersham Park
By: Gill Hornby
3.69
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
On 21 January 1804, Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of gover… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"She was simply a creature of the most passionate nature. She felt intensely; where she loved, there she loved absolutely."-Gill Hornby, Godmersham Park
12. The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)
By: Claudia Gray
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
The suspenseful sequel to The Murder of Mr. Wickham, which sees Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney re… read more
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"...she said to Brandon, "If I am found out in Scotland - or if George and I decide Edinburgh is not to our taste - we might always set out for the United States of America." "You need not stoop to ba…"-Claudia Gray, The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)
"...Willoughby had sequestered himself in his room. Jonathan half wondered if he had pushed heavy furniture against the door to keep himself safe, then realized this could not be so. That would keep o…"-Claudia Gray, The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)
13. Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
By: Heather Clark
4.58
Format: 1154 pages, ebook
The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material,… read more
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- biography
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- nonfiction
- writing
- audiobook
"I lust for him, and in my mind I am ripped to bits by the words he welds and wields...and glory in the temporary sun of his ruthless force."-Heather Clark, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
"She was, [Wilfrid Riley] recalled, "a very clever person, but you couldn't be at ease with her some way. She wasn't with you. She was up in the clouds, always studying poetry, what have you . . . You…"-Heather Clark, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
14. The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
By: Melinda Taub
3.81
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sparkling, witchy reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, told from the perspective of the troublesom… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
15. Gone to the Wolves
By: John Wray
3.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author John Wray dives deep into the wild, risky world of heavy metal in the 1980… read more
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16. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
By: Mark Dawidziak
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author’s life through the prism of his my… read more
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- biography
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends will call it.' -- EDGAR ALLAN POE"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
"The glow of the fireside poets failed to warm a world coping with the cold realities of a new century. Their light faded as we became less sure of comforting messages and more intrigued by Poe's trou…"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
17. Perilous Times
By: Thomas D. Lee
3.89
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
An immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet—saving the politically polar… read more
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"Oi!' says the squirrel. 'Get your filthy hands off me! I'll fucking have you!"-Thomas D. Lee, Perilous Times
18. Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës
By: Devoney Looser
4.48
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Prairie Fires and The Peabody Sisters, a fascinating, insightful biography of the mo… read more
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- audiobook
- american
- history
- biography
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- writing
- books about books
- literary criticism
19. Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays
By: Elisa Gabbert
3.97
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Contagiously curious essays on reading, art, and the life of the mind, from the acclaimed author of… read more
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- books about books
- audiobook
20. The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
By: Claudia Gray
4.10
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facin… read more
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21. Solomon's Crown
By: Natasha Siegel
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Two destined rivals fall desperately in love—but the fate of medieval Europe hangs in the balance. … read more
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"If he managed to kill me now, if he could really bring himself to do it--then at least I would die in his arms. There were worse endings."-Natasha Siegel, Solomon's Crown
