The Island Queen: Celia Thaxter of the Isles of Shoals
By: Julia Older
3.24
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
Poetry, romance, and murder combine in this historical novel based on the life of Celia Thaxter (18…
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1. State of Wonder
By: Ann Patchett
3.90
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
In a narrative replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, scientific miracles, and spiritual tra… read more
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"One must not be shy where language is concerned."-Ann Patchett, State of Wonder
"Questions are for the benefit of every student, not just the one raising his hand."-Ann Patchett, State of Wonder
"In this life we love who we love. There were some stories in which facts were very nearly irrelevant."-Ann Patchett, State of Wonder
"It was not as natural as it appeared. It was more like milking a cow, easy as long as someone else was doing it."-Ann Patchett, State of Wonder
2. Among the Isles of Shoals (Revisiting New England)
By: Celia Laighton Thaxter
3.76
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
“Among the Isles of Shoals . . . a paean to the trials and joys of island living, has a timeless qu… read more
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3. The Keeper of Lost Things
By: Ruth Hogan
4.20
Format: None pages, ebook
A charming, clever, and quietly moving debut novel of of endless possibilities and joyful discoveri… read more
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4. 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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5. An Island Garden
By: Tasha Tudor , Celia Laighton Thaxter , Childe Hassam , None
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
In her introduction to this new edition, the gardener, writer, illustrator, and craftsperson Tasha … read more
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6. Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
By: Kathleen Rooney
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It's the last day of 1984, and 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish is about to take a walk. As she traverse… read more
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7. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
By: Jamie Ford
3.71
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history - the internment of Am… read more
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8. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.34
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more
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9. Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.22
Format: 276 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone’s heart. Now, she’s fiv… read more
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- historical fiction
"I've come home in love with loneliness"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
"Everything that's worth having is some trouble…"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
"I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
"She looks just as music sounds, I think,' answered Anne."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
10. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists … read more
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11. The Swimmers
By: Julie Otsuka
3.67
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From the award winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine, a tour de… read more
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- historical fiction
"Above ground, many of us are ungainly and awkward, slowing down with the years.... Down below, at the pool, we are restored to old youthful selves. Grey hairs vanish beneath dark blue swim caps. Brow…"-Julie Otsuka, The Swimmers
"The pool is their sanctuary, their refuge, the one place on earth they can go to escape from their pain, for it is only down below in the waters that their symptoms begin to abate. "The moment I see …"-Julie Otsuka, The Swimmers
12. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
13. The Bookbinder
By: Pip Williams
4.07
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more
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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
14. 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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15. The Lost Summers of Newport
By: Beatriz Williams
3.71
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White--a nov… read more
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16. 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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"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
17. The Book of Lost Friends
By: Lisa Wingate
4.16
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
A new novel inspired by historical events: a story of three young women on a journey in search of f… read more
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"Sad thing when stories die for the lack of listenin' ears."-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends
"The great thing about literature is that it's subjective. No two readers read the same book, because we all see the words through different eyes, filter the story through different life experiences."-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends
"We all have scars. It's when you're honest about them that you find the people who will love you in spite of your nicks and dents. Perhaps even because of them. The people who don't. These people are…"-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends
"I'm trying to impress upon my students that everyone has a history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it. It's how we learn. It's how we do better in…"-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends
18. The Midcoast
By: Adam White
3.51
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Propulsive . . . An absorbing look at small-town Maine and the thwarted drea… read more
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19. Great Circle
By: Maggie Shipstead
4.11
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780525656975 can be found here. Spanning Prohibition-era M… read more
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"Numbness is not an absence of feeling but a felt absence."-Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle
"Abandonment stings, even when it means freedom. [Hadley Baxter]"-Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle
"You don't just love a person, you love a vision of your life with them."-Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle
"We must bend in the wind sometimes.... So much is beyond our control. [Mrs. Fahey]"-Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle
20. The Breakaway
By: Jennifer Weiner
3.77
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a warmhearted and empowering new no… read more
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21. Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)
By: Martha Hall Kelly
4.26
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist who helped young gi… read more
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22. Hester
By: Laurie Lico Albanese
3.97
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotlan… read more
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"The letter A is red,"-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester
"Isobel, you're in my veins now--you know it, don't you? You're in my blood."-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester
"...history isn't what's written or told. History is hidden away in dark corners and shadows..."-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester
"But there's another kind of strength we've got...It comes from knowing the difference between who you are and who they think you are."-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester
23. The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
By: N.K. Jemisin
4.10
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious t… read more
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"Bel's got a crush on NY1's Pat Kiernan, so he watches news every morning on the TV in the common area."-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"You said it yourself: New York is rude. We'll give you the shirt off our backs and our last subway card swipe if you're lost, but step to us with wild accusations about things that aren't our fault a…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"He twitches through Times Square, resisting the urge to gawk like a tourist, groaning in native-New-Yorker frustration when the tourists get in his way—but in an eyeblink he's at Fourteenth Street, h…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"He moves to stand on a nearby subway grate, through which he can hear a 1 train idling on the platform below. He spreads his hands to feel the gentle waft of warm, funky-smelling subway air along his…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
24. Flying Solo
By: Linda Holmes
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Smarting from her recently cancelled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to he… read more
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"You don't have to be single to be independent. And you don't have to be married to be loved."-Linda Holmes, Flying Solo
25. The Mitford Affair
By: Marie Benedict
3.70
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict—she'll have to choose: her country or her sis… read more
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- historical fiction
26. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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27. The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
By: Hazel Gaynor
4.09
Format: 416 pages, ebook
“They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woma… read more
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- historical fiction
28. The American Adventuress
By: C.W. Gortner
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A big, juicy biopic novel by the author of Mademoiselle Chanel about the scandalous life of Jennie … read more
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- historical fiction
29. Pauper Auction
By: Mary Kronenwetter
4.19
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A gorgeous and meticulously-researched historical fiction examining a young woman’s struggle to esc… read more
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30. The Island Queen: Celia Thaxter of the Isles of Shoals
By: Julia Older
3.24
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
Poetry, romance, and murder combine in this historical novel based on the life of Celia Thaxter (18… read more
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