Stories in the Time of Cholera: Racial Profiling During a Medical Nightmare
By: Charles L. Briggs
3.96
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Cholera, although it can kill an adult through dehydration in half a day, is easily treated. Yet in…
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1. The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail
By: Michael Wells , Jason De León
4.55
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In his gripping and provocative debut, anthropologist and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Jason De León s… read more
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- nonfiction
- anthropology
- ethnography
- academic
2. Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment
By: João Biehl , Torben Eskerod
3.41
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
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- nonfiction
- anthropology
- ethnography
- academic
3. AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame
By: Paul Farmer
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Does the scientific "theory" that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitud… read more
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- nonfiction
- ethnography
- anthropology
4. Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
By: Tracy Kidder
4.19
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned… read more
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- nonfiction
"Doctors are notorious for taking peculiar views of their own bodies. They tend to develop hypochondria in medical school and, once they get over it, if they do, tend to think they're invulnerable."-Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
"WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It’s what separate…"-Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
"Paul is the model of what should be done. He's not a model for how it has to be done. Let's celebrate him. Let's make sure people are inspired by him. But we can't say anybody should or could be just…"-Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
"The parents of some fellow students in the gifted and talented class owned a bookstore, and when he was about eleven they gave him a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. He read i…"-Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
5. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
By: Alison Bechdel
4.08
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
In this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father.Distant… read more
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- nonfiction
"Who embalms the Undertaker when he dies?"-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
"Feminism is the theory. Lesbianism is the practice."-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
"Mom, how come you never go outside?" "I told you, I'm a vampire."-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
"It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone."-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
6. Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil
By: Nancy Scheper-Hughes
4.11
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence … read more
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7. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
By: Mary Roach
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Beloved, best-selling science writer Mary Roach’s classic, now with a new epilogue. For two tho… read more
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- nonfiction
"There wasn't an anhydrous lacrimal gland in the room..."-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
"You are a person and then you cease to be a person, and a cadaver takes your place."-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
"Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is."-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
"We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget."-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
8. See You Yesterday
By: Rachel Lynn Solomon
3.89
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
Barrett Bloom is hoping college will be a fresh start after a messy high school experience. But whe… read more
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"Maybe not," he says. "But it's nice to dream."-Rachel Lynn Solomon, See You Yesterday
9. The Heartstopper Yearbook
By: Alice Oseman
4.40
Format: 154 pages, Hardcover
The full-colour Heartstopper Yearbook is packed full of exclusive content from the Heartstopper uni… read more
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10. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
By: Amanda Montell
3.85
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultis… read more
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- nonfiction
"Without language, there are no "cults"."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"Some say people who join cults are “lost."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"With words, we breathe reality into being."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"The nimble direct sales industry always finds a way to reinvent itself - the capitalist cockroach that just won't stop reincarnating."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
11. How to Be an Antiracist
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.37
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justi… read more
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- nonfiction
"Racist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"I use “anticapitalist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"Internalized racism is the real Black on Black crime."-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"But what was the difference between Ebonics and so-called “standard"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
12. Never Ever Getting Back Together
By: Sophie Gonzales
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
When their now famous ex-boyfriend asks them to participate in a teen reality show, two eighteen ye… read more
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13. She Gets the Girl
By: Rachael Lippincott
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 N… read more
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"Money's not as important as doing what you love."-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
"That's how I knew you were lying that night. I know the real you. Just like you know the real me."-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
"There's something reassuring in books and stories older than you are. Still talked about long after they've been written and long after their writers die. When the world around you is on fire, there'…"-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
"And… all at once I see the truth. She never wanted to listen to me. Never was really there for me. She just wanted to control me. This isn’t love. The fighting. The lack of trust. Feeling like I’m wa…"-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
14. Party of Two (The Wedding Date, #5)
By: Jasmine Guillory
3.76
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A chance meeting with a handsome stranger turns into a whirlwind affair that gets everyone talking.… read more
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"If only every workday could be spent in the sunshine with pineapples full of rum. She'd get very little work done, but she'd be in an excellent mood."-Jasmine Guillory, Party of Two (The Wedding Date, #5)
15. Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)
By: Nisha Sharma
3.60
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
Dating Dr. Dil features a love-phobic TV doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are… read more
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"To each their own"-Nisha Sharma, Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)
"Being single is for white people. You need to stop it."-Nisha Sharma, Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)
"It’s hard to communicate the immigrant experience with those who don’t understand. We want to support and be with our families, and sometimes we sacrifice our mental health and our emotional well-bei…"-Nisha Sharma, Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)
"Romance novels sell an idealized fantasy that we all want to experience. They may be fiction, but there is a reason why so many people connect to love stories. Because that’s the type of feeling we w…"-Nisha Sharma, Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)
16. Radiant Sin (Dark Olympus, #4)
By: Katee Robert
3.79
Format: 345 pages, Paperback
There's nowhere more dangerous than Olympus...and no one more captivating than its golden god: Apol… read more
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"I'm afraid." Alexandra's voice warms. "When had that stopped you from doing something that mattered to you?"-Katee Robert, Radiant Sin (Dark Olympus, #4)
"He kisses a little higher on my thighs. "You wouldn't deny me after I've spent years picturing you naked, would you?"-Katee Robert, Radiant Sin (Dark Olympus, #4)
"I am tempted to simply look at her for hours, but our time is limited. Duty comes with the dawn. I intend to have her coming plenty more times before that happens."-Katee Robert, Radiant Sin (Dark Olympus, #4)
"Cassandra. Order what you want. And to be perfectly frank, fuck anyone who acts like you need to change your body to fit some bullshit beauty standard. You're stunning."-Katee Robert, Radiant Sin (Dark Olympus, #4)
17. Perfect on Paper
By: Sophie Gonzales
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In Perfect on Paper: a bisexual girl who gives anonymous love advice to her classmates is hired by … read more
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"You'd be surprised how easy it is to talk an anxiously attached person down from their spiral if you don't leave them in silence to imagine the worst."-Sophie Gonzales, Perfect on Paper
"But she hadn't chosen me. She was never going to. And it didn't matter how caring I was, or how much effort I put into my hair and makeup, or how much time I put in. It was me, as I was, that wasn't …"-Sophie Gonzales, Perfect on Paper
18. Wicked Beauty (Dark Olympus, #3)
By: Katee Robert
3.95
Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition
She was the face that launched a thousand ships, The fierce beauty at the heart of Olympus, And s… read more
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19. Electric Idol (Dark Olympus, #2)
By: Katee Robert
3.96
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
He was the most beautiful man alive. And if I wasn't careful, he was going to be my death. *A s… read more
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"The woman showed me kindness once, and then I essentially followed her home like a feral cat and forced her to marry me."-Katee Robert, Electric Idol (Dark Olympus, #2)
"That's ridiculous. Why wouldn't they have a wide range of sizes to fit all their customers? You're hardly the only woman's who's..." I wave my hand at her. "Fat." I bristle. "I didn't say that." "It'…"-Katee Robert, Electric Idol (Dark Olympus, #2)
"What are you doing?" "Setting a timer." She blinks. "Why?" "Because I'm about to get distracted eating you out and I don't want to make the jeweler wait." Another of those slow, shocked blinks. "Eros…"-Katee Robert, Electric Idol (Dark Olympus, #2)
"If we make it believable, everyone will assume that it's a love match between two rivals' children. As the last two week have more than proven, the media loves that Romeo and Juliet shit." "You're no…"-Katee Robert, Electric Idol (Dark Olympus, #2)
20. Stories in the Time of Cholera: Racial Profiling During a Medical Nightmare
By: Charles L. Briggs
3.96
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Cholera, although it can kill an adult through dehydration in half a day, is easily treated. Yet in… read more
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- ethnography
- academic
21. The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor
By: Arthur Kleinman
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A moving memoir and an extraordinary love story that shows how an expert physician became a family … read more
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- nonfiction
- anthropology
"The most important thing offered by a caregiver is simply their complete presence"-Arthur Kleinman, The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor
22. Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship
By: Aimee Meredith Cox
4.41
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
In Shapeshifters Aimee Meredith Cox explores how young Black women in a Detroit homeless shelter co… read more
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- anthropology
- ethnography
- academic
