Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South
By: Margaret Renkl
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2022 Southern Book Prize Winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art o…
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1. Being Perfect
By: Anna Quindlen
3.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A few times in your life, someone will tell you something so right, so deeply true that it changes … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
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2. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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- history
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- memoir
- politics
- nonfiction
3. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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4. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- nature
- science
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
5. How To Catch A Mole
By: Marc Hamer
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
'It is rare to encounter such respect and understanding of nature for herself.' Rosamund Young, aut… read more
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- nature
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- environment
"A feeling of belonging brings with it a desire to build something to mark one's connection, and then, having built - a garden, a house, a career, a tunnel system - one has to protect those things fro…"-Marc Hamer, How To Catch A Mole
6. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
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"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
7. North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more
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- nature
8. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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9. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
10. These Precious Days: Essays
By: Ann Patchett
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in … read more
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- nonfiction
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"It is possible to love someone with all your heart and still know your union would never have survived having children together."-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"The future is not one thing. So many possibilities can arise as a result of intelligence, education, curiosity, and hard work. No one ever told me that, and I'm sorry it took this long for me to figu…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"People want you to want what they want. If you want the same things they want, then their want is validated. If you don’t want the same things, your lack of wanting can, to certain people, come acros…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"Without ever meaning to, my father taught me at a very early age to give up on the idea of approval. I wish I could bottle that freedom now and give it to every young writer I meet, with an extra bot…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
11. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
By: Ned Blackhawk
4.18
Format: 596 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essentia… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
12. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.06
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collecti… read more
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- nature
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- environment
- science
"It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in or…"-Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
13. This Is Happiness
By: Niall Williams
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
About This Is Happiness The most enchanting novel you'll read this year, from the acclaimed author… read more
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"Nobody who's lived an anyway decent amount of life remembers everything."-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"It seems to me the true and individual nature of a human being's eyes defy description, or at least my capabilities. They're not like anything else, or anyone else's, and may be the most perfect proo…"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"When you've been raised inside a religion, it's not a small thing to step outside it. Even if you no longer believe in it, you can feel its absence. There's a spirit-would to a Sunday. You can patch …"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"It was a condensed explanation, but I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your hea…"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
14. Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
By: Jefferson R. Cowie
4.50
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning historian chronicles a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedom to oppres… read more
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- history
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"His body "was the corporeal archive of his pugnacious soul. The bullet [from a duel] caused him 'violent pain' on a regular basis, with bouts of blood gurgling into his mouth as well as probable pois…"-Jefferson R. Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
15. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
By: Camille T. Dungy
4.19
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- science
16. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
By: Sy Montgomery
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgome… read more
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- nature
- memoir
- nonfiction
- environment
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"Never give up on a turtle. Because turtles never give up."-Sy Montgomery, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
17. Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story
By: Marc Hamer
4.37
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Any garden belongs to everyone who sees it – it is like a book and everybody who visits it will fin… read more
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"We each have a space that fits us, all our darks and lights; and when we leave, the space lasts for a while, then slowly closes up, changing shape as it does, and we are mostly forgotten. I have forg…"-Marc Hamer, Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story
"For a few days, uncertain about what I should do next, I go for walks and watch television. The walking is good, but the television leaves me feeling hopeless and worthless. The vile psychopaths it w…"-Marc Hamer, Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story
"When a song is ended, it leaves nothing but a feeling in those who heard it until that feeling, slowly moving backwards in time, collapses under pressure from more recent feelings and is replaced. Ev…"-Marc Hamer, Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story
"A Sikh told me once that everyone was a flower in the Lord God's garden - all the individuals, the colours and races, tribes and religions; it was an idea that I fell in love with, and kept coming ba…"-Marc Hamer, Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story
18. Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South
By: Margaret Renkl
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2022 Southern Book Prize Winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art o… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- southern
- nonfiction
- essays
- environment
- nature
- science
19. The Sky Club
By: Terry Roberts
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
“When I’m dead and buried...you get the hell out of here...Make a life somewhere else...a life that… read more
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20. A Most Tolerant Little Town: A Forgotten Story of Desegregation in America
By: Rachel Louise Martin
4.22
Format: 384 pages, ebook
An intimate portrait of a small town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forg… read more
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21. This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder
By: Alan Townsend
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A compassionate, vulnerable, and transformative exploration of the nurturing and spiritual power of… read more
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