Gum Moon: A Novel of San Francisco Chinatown
By: Jeffrey L Staley
4.01
Format: 362 pages, ebook
Gum Moon (Cantonese for "Gold Door" or "Golden Gate") is the remarkable coming of age story of a Ch…
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1. Cherry Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #8)
By: Joanne Fluke
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When Main Street in Lake Eden becomes a movie set, a clever killer rewrites the script and bakery o… read more
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"You're right. I forgot that barns were heated." Hannah didn't bother to correct her sister. Strictly speaking, Andrea was right, barns were heated. They were kept warm by herding in all the cattle, k…"-Joanne Fluke, Cherry Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #8)
2. Land of Silence
By: Tessa Afshar
3.33
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
Before Christ called her daughter . . . Before she stole healing by touching the hem of his garment… read more
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3. A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1)
By: Sue Grafton
3.40
Format: None pages,
A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agen… read more
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4. Gray Mountain
By: John Grisham
4.00
Format: 191 pages, Hardcover
John Grisham has a new hero . . . and she's full of surprises The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's… read more
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5. The Water is Wide
By: Pat Conroy
4.95
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But… read more
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6. Pink Lemonade Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #29)
By: Joanne Fluke
3.38
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
In this irresistible mystery from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Joanne Fluke, Han… read more
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7. Honey Drop Dead (A Tea Shop Mystery, #26)
By: Laura Childs
3.91
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
The murder of a political bigwig at a Honey Bee Tea sends Theodosia Browning buzzing for answers in… read more
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8. The Caretaker
By: Ron Rash
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, T… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
9. A Month in Provence
By: Gillian Harvey
4.19
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Interior designer Nicky always used to know how to make the best of things. Ever since she lost her… read more
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10. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
11. Swamp Spies (Miss Fortune Mysteries #26)
By: Jana Deleon
4.66
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
Things have reached a critical point in the Middle East. Carter agreed to serve as a consultant for… read more
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12. The Last Line (Tracy Crosswhite, #8.5)
By: Robert Dugoni
3.85
Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition
A newbie Seattle detective gets an education in corruption in a short story by Robert Dugoni, the A… read more
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13. Medea
By: Eilish Quin
3.84
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek… read more
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- historical fiction
14. Caramel Pecan Roll Murder (Hannah Swensen, #28)
By: Joanne Fluke
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this scrumptious new read in the blockbuster series packed with delightful recipes from a belove… read more
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15. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
By: Kim Michele Richardson
4.22
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition for ISBN 978-1492671527 can be found here. In 1936, tucked deep into … read more
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"What I wanted most was to be okay as a Blue. I never understood why other people thought my color, any color, needed fixing."-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
"Well, them cloths are a lot like folks. Ain't much difference at all. Some of us is more spiffed up than others, some stiffer, and still, some softer. There's the colorful and dull, ugly and pretty, …"-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
"There's nothing wrong with your color, being you," he said firmly. "Nothing wrong with what the good Lord gives us in His world, Cussy Mary." He didn't know, couldn't know, the load I'd carried as a …"-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
16. The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue
By: Barbara O'Neal
4.09
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
Four women face the turning points of their lives in a warm and wise novel about choices and second… read more
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17. Diva
By: Daisy Goodwin
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair … read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
18. One French Summer
By: Gillian Harvey
4.24
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
The uplifting escapist read from the author of Top 10 bestseller, A Year at the French Farmhouse. I… read more
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19. Eight Hundred Grapes
By: Laura Dave
3.65
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me comes a gripping family … read more
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20. Hera
By: Jennifer Saint
3.75
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronos, helped her brother Zeus to overthr… read more
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"She has been alone for a very long time."-Jennifer Saint, Hera
"All she knows is that he leaves a trail of broken women in his wake, and she is the most broken of them all."-Jennifer Saint, Hera
"But as he looms over her, blocking out the sky, it seems that he is everything in the world, that he is bigger than that sky. He is too immense and too strong. There is nothing that Hera, the warrior…"-Jennifer Saint, Hera
"She can be anyone. Vengeful Hera, wrathful Hera, the queen of the heavens, most long-suffering of wives and cruellest of punishers, will continue without her. She can slip away from the tethers of wh…"-Jennifer Saint, Hera
21. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
By: Melinda French Gates
4.28
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
A debut from Forbes' third most powerful woman in the world, Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary … read more
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"When it’s “he said/she said,"-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
"Overcoming the need to create outsiders is our greatest challenge as human beings."-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
"…contraceptives are the greatest life-saving, poverty-ending, women-empowering innovation ever created."-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
"It's the mark of a backward society - or a society moving backward - when decisions are made for women by men."-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
22. You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together
By: Kat Timpf
3.80
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
What happens when we can’t joke about some of the most important stuff in life? In a 2019 study, 4… read more
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"The Bottom Line: When you say that words are violence, you inherently are saying that violence is an acceptable response to words, because violence is universally considered an acceptable response to…"-Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together
"A better standard would be intention. If someone says something that offends us - but their intentions was humor - than we should respond far differently to that than we would if the person intended …"-Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together
23. A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
By: Brittany K. Barnett
4.59
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
An urgent call to free those buried alive by America's legal system, and an inspiring true story ab… read more
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"Teachers, lawyers, social workers, activists-anyone who works with the directly impacted, anyone who confronts the system day in and day out-will tell you that residual trauma is real."-Brittany K. Barnett, A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
"No matter how many times my dad urged me to reach for the stars, my understanding of the universe was still confined by the world' limited notion of what a Black country girl from the South could do …"-Brittany K. Barnett, A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
"A statue of a lone Confederate general towers over the Clarksville town center. To hear my grandpa tell it the general was built looking sternly over the Black side of town as a warning regarding whe…"-Brittany K. Barnett, A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
"But it was 1996, and America's War on Drugs was in full throttle. Resources for drug treatment were scant, while money was being poured into law enforcement and prisons. People with addiction like Ma…"-Brittany K. Barnett, A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
24. Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot (Light & Life Series Book 2)
By: Marta Molnar
4.35
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
By the time Suzanne Valadon was 15 years old, she’s been a horse walker, a milliner’s assistant, a … read more
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- historical fiction
25. American Daughters
By: Piper Huguley
3.81
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In the vein of America’s First Daughter , Piper Huguley’s historical novel delves into the remarkab… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
26. Wild Women and the Blues
By: Denny S. Bryce
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A Fascinating and Innovative Novel of Historical Fiction In a stirring and impeccably researched… read more
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27. Stardust in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 12)
By: Harriet Steel
4.41
Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition
A celebrated Indian film company comes to Nuala, sprinkling its stardust over the quiet little town… read more
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28. Gum Moon: A Novel of San Francisco Chinatown
By: Jeffrey L Staley
4.01
Format: 362 pages, ebook
Gum Moon (Cantonese for "Gold Door" or "Golden Gate") is the remarkable coming of age story of a Ch… read more
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29. The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History
By: Glen Craney
4.05
Format: 399 pages, Paperback
Georgia burns. Sherman's Yankees are closing in. Will the women of LaGrange run or fight? Ba… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
30. The Rose Arbor
By: Rhys Bowen
4.30
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a ha… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
31. Massacre at Sand Creek: How Methodists Were Involved in an American Tragedy
By: Gary L. Roberts
3.92
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Sand Creek.At dawn on the morning of November 29, 1864, Colonel John Milton Chivington gave the com… read more
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