The Novel, Who Needs It?
By: Joseph Epstein
3.88
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
In this brief but highly engaging book Joseph Epstein argues for the primacy of fiction, and specif…
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1. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
By: Anne Fadiman
4.10
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Anne Fadiman is (by her own admission) the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's c… read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
- books about books
"Pen-bereavement is a serious matter."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
"I have never been able to resist a book about books."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
"Reading aloud means no skipping, no skimming, no cutting to the chase."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
"I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
2. Shadows on the Rock
By: Willa Cather
4.00
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
Set in seventeenth-century Canada, an evocation of North American origins highlights the men and … read more
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- literature
"The mind, too, has a kind of blood; in common speech we call it hope."-Willa Cather, Shadows on the Rock
"You must pray for him, my child. It is to such as he that our Blessed Mother comes nearest."-Willa Cather, Shadows on the Rock
"Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything."-Willa Cather, Shadows on the Rock
"The Law is to protect property, and it thinks too much of property. A couple of brass pots, an old saddle, are reckoned worth more than a poor man’s life."-Willa Cather, Shadows on the Rock
3. One of Ours
By: Willa Cather
3.95
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
One of Ours is Willa Cather's 1923 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the making of an American sol… read more
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- literature
"As he looked out and saw the grey landscape through the gently falling snow, he could not help thinking how much better it would be if people could go to sleep like the fields; could be blanketed dow…"-Willa Cather, One of Ours
"He is convinced that the people who might mean something to him will always misjudge him and pass him by. He is not so much afraid of loneliness as he is of accepting cheap substitutes; of making exc…"-Willa Cather, One of Ours
4. The Wife (Kristin Lavransdatter, #2)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset , Sherrill Harbison
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Original 3 Volumes: Kransen ('20), Husfrue ('21) & Korset ('22). In Kristin Lavransdatter(1920-22),… read more
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5. The Natural
By: Bernard Malamud , Kevin Baker
4.12
Format: None pages,
The classical novel (and basis for the acclaimed film) now in a new edition Introduction by Kevin B… read more
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- literature
6. The Summer Book
By: Tove Jansson , Esther Freud , Thomas Teal , Sophia Jansson
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island … read more
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7. Why Read Moby-Dick?
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.75
Format: 131 pages, Hardcover
Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest of the Great American Novels, yet its length and esoteric subject… read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
- essays
- books about books
- literary criticism
"As Starbuck discovers, simply being a good guy with a positive worldview is not enough to stop a force of nature like Ahab, who feeds on the fears and hatreds in us all."-Nathaniel Philbrick, Why Read Moby-Dick?
"This is where Melville is perhaps the most profound in his portrait of Ahab as the demagogue and dictator. In the end, even the fiercest of tyrants is done in, not by his own sad, used-up self, but b…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Why Read Moby-Dick?
"To be in the presence of a great leader is to know a blighted soul who has managed to make the darkness work for him. Ishmael says it best: "For all men tragically great are made so through a certain…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Why Read Moby-Dick?
"To write timelessly about the here and now, a writer must approach the present indirectly. The story has to be about more than it at first seems. Shakespeare used the historical sources of his plays …"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Why Read Moby-Dick?
8. A Coffin for Dimitrios
By: Eric Ambler
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery wr… read more
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9. The Diary of a Country Priest
By: Georges Bernanos , Remy Rougeau
3.67
Format: 499 pages, Paperback
In this classic Catholic novel, Bernanos movingly recounts the life of a young French country pries… read more
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10. The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant, #3)
By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Robert Blair was about to knock off from a slow day at his law firm when the phone rang. It was Mar… read more
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11. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
By: Carol Ryrie Brink
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more
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"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
12. The Whipping Boy
By: Peter Sís , Sid Fleischman
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A shout comes echoing up the stairway "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses … read more
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13. Summer Lightning
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.06
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
The Honourable Galahad Threepwood has decided to write his memoir--a tell-all that could destroy po… read more
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14. The Longest Day
By: Cornelius Ryan
4.25
Format: 131 pages,
The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more
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15. The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
By: Anthony Trollope , David Skilton
3.75
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in p… read more
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"It is much less difficult for the sufferer to be generous than for the oppressor."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"... In what I do I may appear to be interfering with you, and I hope you will forgive me for doing so."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"He never quarreled with his wife, but he never talked to her;--he never had time to talk, he was so taken up with speaking."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"They say that faint heart never won fair lady. It is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men's hearts!"-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
16. Troubled
By: Rob Henderson
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more
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- nonfiction
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
17. Post After Post-Mortem
By: E.C.R. Lorac
4.00
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with scores of treatises, revi… read more
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18. Social Justice Fallacies
By: Thomas Sowell
4.45
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths th… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather
By: Benjamin Taylor
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A tender biography of one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century and an elegant explorati… read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
- writing
- books about books
20. On Grand Strategy
By: John Lewis Gaddis
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood
By: David Mamet
3.24
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-lo… read more
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- nonfiction
- writing
22. The Sun Walks Down
By: Fiona McFarlane
3.74
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-ye… read more
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23. Be Mine
By: Richard Ford
3.99
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the… read more
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- literature
24. The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days
By: Helen Rebanks
3.89
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
A portrait of life at Helen Rebanks' Lake District farmhouse that beautifully captures the unsung w… read more
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25. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more
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- essays
26. The English Experience
By: Julie Schumacher
3.91
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he’s the only professor… read more
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- literature
27. The Oceans and the Stars
By: Mark Helprin
4.46
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Winter’s Tale and A Soldier of the Gre… read more
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28. The Novel, Who Needs It?
By: Joseph Epstein
3.88
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
In this brief but highly engaging book Joseph Epstein argues for the primacy of fiction, and specif… read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
- books about books
- literary criticism
29. Homer and His Iliad
By: Robin Lane Fox
4.17
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicistsHomer… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress
By: Jessica Hooten Wilson
4.28
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
When celebrated American novelist and short story writer Flannery O'Connor died at the age of 39 in… read more
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- writing
- literary criticism
31. Shopkeeping: Stories, Advice, and Observations
By: Peter Miller
4.11
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A love letter to the small shop, and shop owners everywhere, by beloved bookseller Peter Miller. “… read more
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