Origins of a Story: 202 true inspirations behind the world's greatest literature
By: Jake Grogan
3.50
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“If you’ve wondered how your favorite masterpieces got their starts, the itch can now be scratched…
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1. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
By: Anne Fadiman
4.10
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Anne Fadiman is (by her own admission) the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's c… read more
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"Pen-bereavement is a serious matter."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
"I have never been able to resist a book about books."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
"Reading aloud means no skipping, no skimming, no cutting to the chase."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
"I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
2. Scarlet Nights (Edilean, #3)
By: Jude Deveraux
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
What if you learned that your fiancé was not who he claimed to be? Engaged to the charming and … read more
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3. The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #3)
By: Megan Whalen Turner
4.38
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
By scheming and theft, the Thief of Eddis has become King of Attolia. Eugenides wanted the queen, n… read more
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"I lied."-Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #3)
"Oh gods, stairs."-Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #3)
"I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT!"-Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #3)
"If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive."-Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #3)
4. Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.12
Format: 339 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely—until her beloved father died. Now Emily's an orpha… read more
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"Never on painter's canvas lives The charm of his fancy's dream."-L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)
"The happiest countries, like the happiest women, have no history."-L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)
"Good-bye, and may you always see a happy face in your looking-glass!"-L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)
"If you've brains it's better than beauty - brains last, beauty doesn't."-L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)
5. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
With riveting insight and detail, Simon Winchester crafts a fascinating glimpse into one man's tort… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- books about books
6. Stitches
By: David Small
3.70
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transfo… read more
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7. Wonder Boys
By: Michael Chabon , None
3.95
Format: 302 pages,
In his first novel since The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Chabon presents a hilarious and heartbreaking… read more
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8. White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
By: Nancy Isenberg
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In her groundbreaking history of the class system in America, extending from colonial times to the … read more
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- nonfiction
9. Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse
By: James L. Swanson
3.57
Format: 160 pages,
On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, received a telegram… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
10. Answered Prayers - The Unfinished Novel
By: Truman Capote
4.31
Format: 517 pages, Paperback
Although Truman Capote's last novel was unfinished at the time of his death, its surviving portions… read more
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11. A Conspiracy of Kings (The Queen's Thief, #4)
By: Megan Whalen Turner
3.89
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
Sophos, under the guidance of yet another tutor, practices his swordplay and strategizes escape sce… read more
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12. The Weird Sisters
By: Eleanor Brown
4.20
Format: None pages,
A major new talent tackles the complicated terrain of sisters, the power of books, and the places w… read more
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13. Dear Fahrenheit 451: A Librarian's Love Letters and Break-Up Notes to the Books in Her Life
By: Annie Spence
3.94
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
A Gen-X librarian's snarky, laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and brea… read more
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14. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
By: Guy Delisle
3.50
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Famously referred to as one of the "Axis of Evil" countries, North Korea remains one of the most se… read more
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15. Katrina: After the Flood
By: Gary Rivlin
4.10
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana--on August 29, 2005--journal… read more
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16. Comme un roman
By: Daniel Pennac
3.78
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Les droits imprescriptibles du lecteur : 1. Le droit de ne pas lire. 2. Le droit de sauter des page… read more
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17. Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
By: Jane Mount
4.33
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
This volume brims with bookish treasures, all delightfully illustrated by avowed bibliophile, Jane … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
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"I know that any book, when read at the right moment, might make my life better, might give me a greater understanding of the universe and all the other people in it."-Jane Mount, Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
"As Neil Gaiman said, a book is a "little empathy machine," and it is "very hard to hate people of a certain kind when you've just read a book of one of those people"."-Jane Mount, Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
"[John McPhee] has taught writing at Princeton for decades. He tells his classes, "Taking things from one source is plagiarism; taking things from several sources is research."-Jane Mount, Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
"The goal of this book is to triple the size of your To Be Read pile. It's a literary Wunderkammer, connecting you with books you might love for all kinds of reasons―because the subject speaks to you,…"-Jane Mount, Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
18. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
By: Fannie Flagg
4.03
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Poland, 1909 Stanislaw is determined to escape the Russians and follow his brother to America, a… read more
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19. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
By: Shannon Reed
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more
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"I think, therefore, I cry..."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"Life is so much better with books than without."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"But reading! That I could do. When I read, I felt smart."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice ins…"-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
20. Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
By: Savannah Guthrie
4.36
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Mostly what God does is love you. If we could believe this, really believe this, how different w… read more
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- nonfiction
"He doesn't even need words from us. Just a sigh, a tear, or a whimper. What an amazing resource we have in a God who already understands our whole history, our intricate emotional fabric, our every i…"-Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
21. This Telling
By: Cheryl Strayed
3.95
Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition
Audible narration by Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on … read more
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22. Sharks in the Time of Saviors
By: Kawai Strong Washburn
3.83
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboar… read more
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"Big destiny is a thing you get drunk on."-Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors
"Everyone's always 'just joking,' right? Except when they're not."-Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors
"Hope can be a god as well. It's something that can be prayed to."-Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors
"Sometimes I don't know if the fight finds me or I find the fight. Especially with my family."-Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors
23. The Audrey Hepburn Estate
By: Brenda Janowitz
3.61
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A CBS New York Book Club pick! When Emma Jansen discovers that the grand Long Island estate wher… read more
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24. The English Experience
By: Julie Schumacher
3.91
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he’s the only professor… read more
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25. I Thought You Said This Would Work
By: Ann Garvin
4.15
Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition
A road trip can drive anyone over the edge—especially two former best friends—in bestselling author… read more
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26. I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
By: Mary Laura Philpott
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed essayist and bookseller Mary Laura Philpott presents a charmingly relatable and wise memo… read more
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"How much longer can I fake this?"-Mary Laura Philpott, I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
"Always do more than expected. That's how you win."-Mary Laura Philpott, I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
"..We were not fully prepared until we were overprepared.."-Mary Laura Philpott, I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
"…I can accept all this if you just let me go back sometimes."-Mary Laura Philpott, I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
27. A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
By: Leanna Renee Hieber
3.68
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
From the notorious Lizzie Borden to the innumerable, haunted rooms of Sarah Winchester's mysterious… read more
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"The power of the name is the same across all people."-Leanna Renee Hieber, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
"The symbolic meaning is far more interesting than the literal meaning."-Leanna Renee Hieber, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
"Idealization is not reality; it is a dream, an expectation, and a projection that does not need a woman to be alive to still be beholden to its trappings."-Leanna Renee Hieber, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
"While it's easy to dismiss and belittle a living woman who dares to be vocally critical or angry, it is much harder to silence a ghost: She has remarkable staying power."-Leanna Renee Hieber, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
28. Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru
By: Hugh Bonneville
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A The Times (UK) and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year A moving, laugh-out-loud memoir from one o… read more
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29. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A striking graphic novel edition of the National Book Award-winning history of how racist ideas hav… read more
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31. Origins of a Story: 202 true inspirations behind the world's greatest literature
By: Jake Grogan
3.50
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“If you’ve wondered how your favorite masterpieces got their starts, the itch can now be scratched… read more
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