Looking for Miss America: A Pageant’s 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood
By: Margot Mifflin
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From an author praised for writing “delicious social history” (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) c…
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1. Little Dorrit
By: Charles Dickens , Helen Small , Stephen Wall
4.00
Format: 1021 pages, Paperback
A novel of serendipity, of fortunes won and lost, and of the spectre of imprisonment that hangs ove… read more
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"One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it’s left behind."-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
"We must have humbug, we all like humbug, we couldn't get on without humbug."-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
"[...] this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world."-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
"[Credit is a system whereby] a person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay."-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
2. Netherland
By: Joseph O'Neill
3.71
Format: 160 pages,
In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans - a banker originally from the… read more
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3. Gods Behaving Badly
By: Marie Phillips
3.65
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Being a Greek god is not all it once was. Yes, the twelve gods of Olympus are alive and well in the… read more
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4. They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
4.10
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
"Boys, let us get up a club."With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend… read more
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5. People of the Book
By: Geraldine Brooks
3.00
Format: 96 pages,
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript throu… read more
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6. The Men We Became: My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr.
By: None
3.91
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For over twenty years Robert Littell was John F. Kennedy Jr.'s closest confidant. Now, in a beautif… read more
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7. The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.47
Format: 907 pages, Hardcover
One summer night in 1930, Judge Joseph Crater steps into a New York City cab and is never heard fro… read more
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8. Peter Cabot Gets Lost (The Cabots, #2)
By: Cat Sebastian
4.38
Format: 217 pages, ebook
Summer 1960: After years of scraping by, Caleb Murphy has graduated from college and is finally … read more
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"If you make me cry at a pizza parlor in Oklahoma, I swear to God I will hitchhike the rest of the way."-Cat Sebastian, Peter Cabot Gets Lost (The Cabots, #2)
"Caleb was being wilfully obtuse. Caleb hated when people were willfully obtuse. There were enough tragically stupid people in the world without having anyone indulge in recreational stupidity."-Cat Sebastian, Peter Cabot Gets Lost (The Cabots, #2)
9. Too Much Lip
By: Melissa Lucashenko
4.06
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A dark and funny new novel from the multi-award-winning author of Mullumbimby. Wise-cracking Ke… read more
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10. The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17)
By: Rhys Bowen
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Lady Georgiana Rannoch is looking forward to her first ever turn as hostess for her very own house … read more
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11. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
By: Antonia Hylton
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
12. I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution
By: Emily Nussbaum
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize–winning culture critic, a provocative colle… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- pop culture
"I'm its creature, the way we are all creatures of the art we care about, even if decide to throw it in a garbage can."-Emily Nussbaum, I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution
13. 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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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
14. The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck
By: Kylie Scott
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
“Be quiet and listen: He is cheating on you. The name of your soulmate is Alistair George Arthur Le… read more
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15. 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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- nonfiction
- history
16. The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
By: Janice P. Nimura
3.59
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
17. Washington's Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben
By: Josh Trujillo
4.03
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A graphic novel biography of Baron von Steuben, the soldier, immigrant, and flamboyant homosexual w… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
18. The Book of Love
By: Kelly Link
3.50
Format: 628 pages, Hardcover
The Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers, channeling potent magic and attu… read more
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19. Wives Like Us
By: Plum Sykes
3.55
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tyco… read more
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20. 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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- nonfiction
"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.
21. Clanlands in New Zealand: Kiwis, Kilts, and an Adventure Down Under
By: Sam Heughan
4.12
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
With a forward by Sir Peter Jackson. Buckle up, grab a dram, and get ready for another unforget… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
22. Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina
By: Georgina Pazcoguin
3.83
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives reade… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
23. You Must Remember This
By: Kat Rosenfield
3.50
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Knives Out-style whodunnit with a twist of Taylor Jenkins Reid, You Must Remember This is an imme… read more
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24. What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
By: Elizabeth Catte
4.02
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America’s “forgotten tribe” of white working… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- sociology
25. Jackie
By: Dawn Tripp
4.34
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In this mesmerizing novel about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, acclaimed author Dawn Tripp has crafted… read more
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"not only because of the pleasure it will bring, but because the power of ideas, and the ability to express them, is the greatest power we have."-Dawn Tripp, Jackie
26. There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America
By: Amy Argetsinger
3.50
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“Argetsinger...is a true pageant enthusiast; she brings empathy and respect to the women who have f… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- pop culture
27. How to Age Disgracefully
By: Clare Pooley
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more
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"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully
"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully
28. 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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- nonfiction
- history
29. Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
By: Alvin Hall
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America’s haunted racial past, with … read more
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- history
- sociology
"The farther south they drove, the more limiting and repressive the rules became."-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
"Under Jim Crow, Black Codes harshly restricted what people of color could do, In much of the country, Black people were prevented from voting, serving on juries, running for office, or defending thei…"-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
"...Jim Crow was the American equivalent of South African apartheid and the racial laws passed in Germany under the Nazi regime of the 1930s. And these similarities are not merely coincidental. Histor…"-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
"When the laws changed, what do you suppose happened to the vehement and the violent? Do you believe their opinions of Black people changed? Do you think they decided they had been wrong and adjusted …"-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
30. When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe
By: Maureen Quilligan
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Library Journal • "Books and Authors to Know: Titles to Watch 2021" Sixteenth-century Europe w… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"In a short six weeks, the “Northern Rebellion,"-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe
"Although these were not necessarily gifts Mary consciously gave to Elizabeth, as the first independent queen of England it was she who established a powerful rhetoric for female rule, which Elizabeth…"-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe
"Mary Stuart and Elizabeth both aimed at toleration in an intolerant age, in the same ways that Catherine de’ Medici, the mother-in-law of one and the almost mother-in-law of another English queen, la…"-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe
"Because [Michel de Castelnau] had been charged with making peace between [Mary Stuart] and her barons, he ignored Mary’s adamant insistence on how anti-monarchal she considered the rebel lords to be;…"-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe
31. Looking for Miss America: A Pageant’s 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood
By: Margot Mifflin
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From an author praised for writing “delicious social history” (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) c… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- feminism
- womens studies
- gender studies
- nonfiction
- social
- sociology
