The Last Karankawas
By: Kimberly Garza
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Yaa Gyasi and Cristina Henríquez—a kaleidoscopic, emotionally charged debut about a tig…
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1. Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
By: Bob Greene
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob… read more
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- historical
2. The House of Impossible Beauties
By: None
3.93
Format: 40 pages, ebook
"Exceptional...The writing is erotically luscious, lyrically intense, forthrightly in your face, an… read more
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3. Raney
By: Clyde Edgerton
3.93
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
"This book is too good to keep to yourself. Read it aloud with someone you love, then send it to a … read more
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4. Black Flower
By: None , Charles La Shure
4.00
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
"Kim takes a small moment of Korean history . . . and transforms this moment into a powerful, sweep… read more
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5. Fruit Punch
By: Kendra Allen
3.93
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
An arresting and one-of-a-kind memoir about the alternately exultant and harrowing trip growing up … read more
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- audiobook
- contemporary
6. Calling for a Blanket Dance
By: Oscar Hokeah
4.25
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man struggling to find stren… read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- historical fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"We danced, the way Kiowas danced, when called by our people, by our ancestors, to help each other heal."-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance
"Driving out of Lawton, I laid my hand onto Ever's quilt and traced my fingertips around the edges of the bird pattern. I couldn't help but wonder, tla, couldn't help but worry: Would my grandson ever…"-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance
7. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
By: Ashley Shew
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more
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- audiobook
8. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
9. The Great Divide
By: Cristina Henríquez
3.70
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- novels
- audiobook
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide
10. Clickbait
By: Holly Baxter
3.35
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
With the dark comedy and sharp observations of Monica Heisey and Dolly Alderton, a whip-smart and l… read more
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- fiction
11. Woman of Light
By: Kali Fajardo-Anstine
3.65
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano fa… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"The fact that the protection she craved from men was mostly to ward off incidents with other men frightened her."-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light
"Mama had once told Luz that being raped was worse than being murdered. And Luz wondered how that could be. To be raped and to live seemed more desirable than to no longer exist. Luz did not want to f…"-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light
12. The Cemetery of Untold Stories
By: Julia Alvarez
3.68
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
13. The Storm We Made
By: Vanessa Chan
3.87
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
14. The Madstone
By: Elizabeth Crook
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
With echoes of Lonesome Dove and News of the World, the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Your mother leaned her head on my shoulder. I hardly breathed for having it there. I had certainly never felt so alive and cozy whilst nearly frozen to death."-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
"Despite I was tired, it was a comfort to stare at the red and brown stripes of the blanket in the lantern light and move my fingers along them. It was a steady, dependable task, as opposed to every o…"-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
"We had one horse, one mule, and a wagon. We had Horhay with his limp arm and his long past, and Dickie with his hopes for the necklace now dashed and turned to dread of its curse, and me with my ache…"-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
"Had we been in town amongst people, then we might have been merely interested at the news of having a cursed item in our possession. But out in the midst of no place, shielded by only a scanty wall o…"-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
15. Banyan Moon
By: Thao Thai
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Through her, I understood that another mother's horror could touch us in the darkest of places, even a world away."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"Grief is a lake of perilously thin ice. You never know when you'll fall through it, or when you will fight your way back to the surface."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"My morning swims have centered me and calmed the storm inside my mind. In the water, my memories lose their sharp edges, like river stones forced smooth."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"I wonder if you can inherit evil.' 'Maybe. Or maybe it's not something you inherit, but something that runs through you, another person's trauma, their violence. It sits below the skin until you name…"-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
16. A Council of Dolls
By: Mona Susan Power
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native Amer… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Shame invades one's thoughts like a parasite, twists them like wet laundry until all sense is wrung out."-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
"When Winona whispered her memories to me in later years, she said that Whitestone Hill was the day the world ended. I never asked what she meant, how the world could be gone when the sun was still in…"-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
17. We Burn Daylight
By: Bret Anthony Johnston
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of star-crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks: what wo… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
18. The Last Animal
By: Ramona Ausubel
3.47
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
A playful, witty, and resonant novel in which a single mother and her two teen daughters engage in … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
19. The Parliament
By: Aimee Pokwatka
3.74
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
The Birds meets The Princess Bride in this tale of friendship, responsibility, and the primal force… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
20. A Map for the Missing
By: Belinda Huijuan Tang
4.01
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An epic, mesmerizing debut novel set against a rapidly changing post–Cultural Revolution China, A M… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
21. Summer Fun
By: Jeanne Thornton
4.14
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed author Jeanne Thornton, an epic, singular look at fandom, creativity, longing, and t… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"We are poison women, Diane, because our bodies do all turn what enters them into poison, and we make poison and spread poison, because we are sadness itself. There is no way for us not to be that."-Jeanne Thornton, Summer Fun
22. The Family Izquierdo
By: Ruben Degollado
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2022 Longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award A masterful de… read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
23. Women of Walt Disney Imagineering: 12 Women Reflect on their Trailblazing Theme Park Careers (Disney Editions Deluxe)
By: Mel Malmberg
3.97
Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition
A dozen female Imagineers recount their trailblazing careers! Capturing an era―and preserving the … read more
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- audiobook
24. The Last Karankawas
By: Kimberly Garza
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Yaa Gyasi and Cristina Henríquez—a kaleidoscopic, emotionally charged debut about a tig… read more
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- audiobook
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- historical fiction
- novels
- drama
25. The Spirit Glass
By: Roshani Chokshi
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Corazon yearns to finally start training as a babaylan (a mystical healer and spirit guide) under h… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
26. Mother Ocean Father Nation
By: Nishant Batsha
3.72
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, tender debut novel, following a brother and sister whose paths diverge--one forced to l… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
27. Where Wolves Don't Die
By: Anton Treuer
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojib… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
28. Skull Water
By: Heinz Insu Fenkl
3.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Set in South Korea in the 1950s and 1970s, a haunting inter-generational coming-of-age novel about … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
29. Guide Me Home (Highway 59, #3)
By: Attica Locke
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the final novel in the "timely and evocative" (NPR) Highway 59 trilogy, from Edgar Award-winning… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
30. Make the Season Bright
By: Ashley Herring Blake
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Two exes find themselves stuck at the same house for Christmas in this holiday romance by Ashley He… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
31. Black Chameleon: Memory, Womanhood, and Myth
By: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
It's often said that Black women are magic, but what if they really are mythological?Growing up as … read more
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