Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman
By: Julia Scheeres
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
*Winner of the 2023 Northern California Book Award* The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most…
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1. A Daughter's Tale: The Memoir of Winston and Clementine Churchill's Youngest Child
By: Mary Soames
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Now in her eighty-ninth year, Mary Soames is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Chu… read more
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2. The Expendable Man
By: Dorothy B. Hughes
4.00
Format: 16 pages, Paperback
The critic HRF Keating chose The Expendable Manas one of his Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books. '… read more
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3. Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
By: Rachel Ignotofsky
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
It's a scientific fact: Women rock! A charmingly illustrated and educational book, Women in Scienc… read more
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4. Let's Roll!: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage
By: Ken Abraham , Lisa Beamer
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
2003 ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner! The best-seller that has brought comfort and hope to million… read more
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5. The Happiest Kids in the World A Stress-Free Approach to Parenting—the Dutch Way
By: Michele Hutchison , Rina Mae Acosta
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
Why do: * Dutch babies seem so content, and sleep so well? * Dutch parents let their kids play outs… read more
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6. 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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"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
7. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
By: Lyz Lenz
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more
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"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
8. The Brightest Star
By: Gail Tsukiyama
3.49
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A LIBRARYREADS PICK AND BEST BOOK CLUB PICK OF 2023 “A writer of astonishing grace, delicacy, and f… read more
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- historical
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"Perhaps the dull ache I'm feeling comes from letting go, the realization that some memories should be left as just that, a moment in time when the fruits of life are at their sweetest."-Gail Tsukiyama, The Brightest Star
9. If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury
By: Geraldine DeRuiter
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays … read more
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10. The Facemaker
By: Lindsey Fitzharris
4.29
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true s… read more
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11. Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
By: Olivia Campbell
3.72
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first… read more
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- womens
- audiobook
12. The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia
By: Emma Copley Eisenberg
3.12
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the early evening of June 25, 1980 in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, two middle-class outside… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
13. Linea Nigra
By: Jazmina Barrera
4.30
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Simultaneously a work of collaboration between mother and child and a diary of worry and joy, Linea… read more
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"Una amiga me contó de Mary Shelley, que estaba embarazada mientras escribía Frankenstein. Era evidente, y sin embargo todas las veces que leí la novela no lo había visto: Frankenstein es una histori…"-Jazmina Barrera, Linea Nigra
14. Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
By: Drew Gilpin Faust
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A memoir of coming of age in a conservative Southern family in postwar America. To grow up in th… read more
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- womens
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"I knew I had had no choice. I had had to fight with my mother in order to survive."-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
"In an increasingly serious world, these young women had never been asked or expected to be serious. (p. 13)"-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
"There is a clarity about how children see the world that the complexities of adult life often muddy. And there is a fervor children feel when they believe adults have misled them or disguised or hidd…"-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
15. Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
By: Rebecca Boggs Roberts
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a… read more
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- american
- biography
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- historical
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- audiobook
16. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
17. Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman
By: Julia Scheeres
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
*Winner of the 2023 Northern California Book Award* The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most… read more
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18. Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America
By: Matika Wilbur
4.72
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A photographic and narrative celebration of contemporary Native America… read more
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19. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
By: Michael Wolraich
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of how the murder of femme fatale Vivian Gordon in 1931 brought about the downfa… read more
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20. The River Spirit: A ghostly new historical tale from award-winning author Lucy Strange
By: Lucy Strange
4.29
Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition
Trapped within the oppresive warrens of the city’s chimneys, young sweeper Tom longs for fresh air … read more
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