The Art of Taxidermy
By: Sharon Kernot
3.93
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Lottie collects dead creatures and lovingly cares for them, hoping to preserve them, to save them f…
Want to Read $ 9.99"It was not beautifully remade; it was awkwardly dead"-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy
"the songs of Oma's birds were the only sounds I wanted to hear."-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy
"And Jeffrey's dark skin, amid a sea of white, made him an alien too. In the country of his ancestors."-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy
"I can feel it, Annie whispered. The air is heavy with ghosts. The birds sing only sad songs. The ground swallowed many tears."-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy
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1. Charles
By: Shirley Jackson
3.72
Format: 5 pages, Hardcover
In 'Charles,' the main character, Laurie, and his alter ego, Charles, are loosely based on Jackson'… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
2. Her Father's Daughter
By: Alice Pung
3.95
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
At twenty-something, Alice is eager for the milestones of adulthood: leaving home, choosing a caree… read more
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- australia
- family
"Love was like notches on a speaker that could be cranked up and down, the decibels of desire, the frequencies of feeling. Sometimes she thought that she might have cranked it all the way up and broke…"-Alice Pung, Her Father's Daughter
"Love was a verb with a certain amount of energy attached to it - a daily quota - and you had to choose on whom you wanted to spend this energy. That was love. That was why people had to pray for it. …"-Alice Pung, Her Father's Daughter
"She had always thought the word 'pheromones' made it sound as though molecules were floating in the air, shaped like little fluted horns, ready to attach themselves to the nearest target. Microscopic…"-Alice Pung, Her Father's Daughter
3. دایی جان ناپلئون
By: None , Iraj Pezeshkzad
3.86
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
A teenage boy makes the mistake of falling in love with the much-protected daughter of his uncle, m… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
4. No Matter the Wreckage
By: Sarah Kay , Sophia Janowitz
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Following the success of her breakout poem, "B," Sarah Kay releases her debut collection of poetry … read more
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- poetry
- family
- contemporary
5. Trial by Combat
By: Shirley Jackson
4.25
Format: 127 pages, ebook
LOA Story Of The Week "Trial by Combat," is about the unsettling showdown between a young woman and… read more
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- fiction
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7. Buddhism for Busy People: Finding Happiness in an Uncertain World
By: David Michie
3.73
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Opening the door to the core teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, this guide offers the personal story of… read more
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8. Stone Yard Devotional
By: Charlotte Wood
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more
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- contemporary
- australia
- fiction
- death
9. Edenglassie
By: Melissa Lucashenko
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more
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- historical
- family
- historical fiction
- fiction
- australia
- contemporary
10. A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing
By: Jessie Tu
3.19
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Growing up is always hard, but especially when so many think you're a washed-up has-been at twenty-… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
11. The Things She's Seen
By: Ambelin Kwaymullina
3.80
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since the day she died. Her dad is drowning in grief. He… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- young adult
"My science teacher said that just because two things happened together didn't mean one was because of the other, or as she put it: correlation does not imply causation."-Ambelin Kwaymullina, The Things She's Seen
12. The Faint of Heart
By: Kerilynn Wilson
3.89
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What would you do if you were the only person left with a heart? The only person left who felt anyt… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"Ama duygulara karşı hissizleştirmek, kalbi zayıflatıyor."-Kerilynn Wilson, The Faint of Heart
13. Grace Notes
By: Karen Comer
4.16
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
, This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more
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- young adult
- australia
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
14. Turtle Under Ice
By: Juleah del Rosario
3.55
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A teen navigates questions of grief, identity, and guilt in the wake of her sister’s mysterious dis… read more
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- poetry
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
15. Mammoth
By: Chris Flynn
3.75
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
Narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct American mastodon, Mammoth is the (mostly) true story of how … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"I wonder if you ever knew love, if the stirrings of indelible attraction caused tumult in your soul."-Chris Flynn, Mammoth
16. The Art of Taxidermy
By: Sharon Kernot
3.93
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Lottie collects dead creatures and lovingly cares for them, hoping to preserve them, to save them f… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Sharon Kernot's The Art of Taxidermy book and Sharon Kernot's The Art of Taxidermy
- poetry
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- death
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- historical fiction
- australia
"It was not beautifully remade; it was awkwardly dead"-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy
"the songs of Oma's birds were the only sounds I wanted to hear."-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy
"And Jeffrey's dark skin, amid a sea of white, made him an alien too. In the country of his ancestors."-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy
"I can feel it, Annie whispered. The air is heavy with ghosts. The birds sing only sad songs. The ground swallowed many tears."-Sharon Kernot, The Art of Taxidermy
17. Nightbirds (Nightbirds, #1)
By: Kate J. Armstrong
3.75
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In a dazzling new fantasy world full of whispered secrets and politic… read more
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- historical
- young adult
- historical fiction
"It's easier to hide a thing no one can see."-Kate J. Armstrong, Nightbirds (Nightbirds, #1)
"Things do need to change - Sayer can see that. She might even believe that she should have a hand in changing them. But she isn't going to do it in plain sight, with all of Simta watching. She is goi…"-Kate J. Armstrong, Nightbirds (Nightbirds, #1)
"Matilde's life is a thousand layers of secrets. Some live under her skin, conjured up when she needs them. A flicker in her palm, a pair of smoldering wings. Others are buried deep: her fears, her ac…"-Kate J. Armstrong, Nightbirds (Nightbirds, #1)
18. Ghost Bird
By: Lisa Fuller
3.94
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Remember daughter, the world is a lot bigger than anyone knows. There are things that science may n… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
19. The Way of Dog
By: Zana Fraillon
4.42
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A fiercely original verse novel from the ABIA and CBCA award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. … read more
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- poetry
- middle grade
- family
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog
20. The Daemon Lover
By: Shirley Jackson
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A short story about a woman searching for her fiancé. read more
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- fiction
21. Love from Scratch (Sit, Stay, Love, #2)
By: Amy Hutton
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Opposites attract in this laugh-out-loud rom-com about a heart-throb actor, the grumpy woman who mi… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
22. Making Friends with Alice Dyson
By: Poppy Nwosu
3.82
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
My hand, which is following a stray pencil rolling across the floor, stops dead right in front of t… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"It makes me wonder if that's all love is, just the same as being friends."-Poppy Nwosu, Making Friends with Alice Dyson
"I lean my head to the side, watching him. ‘Do you really not care what everyone thinks?’ ‘Nah, not really.’ I bite my lip. Interesting."-Poppy Nwosu, Making Friends with Alice Dyson
"I drink in the words, and it scares me how the warmth of them seeps deep into my insides, untwisting everything that's knotted and wrong, loosening it all. How can such small things make such big cha…"-Poppy Nwosu, Making Friends with Alice Dyson
"I glance back at the painting of the forest. At first there doesn't seem to be much besides the shadowy gum trees. But if you peer a little closer it is dark and deep like a well with no bottom. Anyt…"-Poppy Nwosu, Making Friends with Alice Dyson
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- fiction
"The twins were loitering over their cereal, and Mrs. Walpole, with one eye on the clock and the other on the kitchen window past which the school bus would come in a matter of minutes, felt the unrea…"-Shirley Jackson, The Renegade
24. A Walk in the Dark
By: Jane Godwin
3.78
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
'It's just a walk in the dark. What is there to worry about?' That's what the head teacher, Joha… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- contemporary
25. The Wedding Forecast
By: Nina Kenwood
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Anna was never going to have an easy time at her best friend’s wedding. She’s the bridesmaid; her e… read more
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- australia
- contemporary
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- fiction
27. After You, My Dear Alphonse
By: Shirley Jackson
3.68
Format: None pages, None
None read more
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- fiction
28. Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors
By: Shirley Jackson
2.69
Format: None pages, None
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"Mrs. Arnold," the doctor said, coming around the desk, "we're not going to help things any this way." "What is going to help?" Mrs. Arnold said. "Is everyone really crazy but me?" "Mrs. Arnold," the …"-Shirley Jackson, Colloquy
30. A Fine Old Firm
By: Shirley Jackson
2.47
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A short story. Two woman who have sons stationed together in the army meet and briefly visit. read more
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31. The Dummy
By: Shirley Jackson
2.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A short story about two women who go to a restaurant to enjoy the food and entertainment. read more
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