Wild Horses of the Summer Sun: A Memoir of Iceland
By: Tory Bilski
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us."—Virgina Woolf Each June, Tory…
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1. Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
By: Sarah Moss
3.69
Format: 357 pages, Paperback
Novelist Sarah Moss had a childhood dream of moving to Iceland, sustained by a wild summer there wh… read more
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- biography
- memoir
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- nonfiction
- nature
"Window weather. It’s not charming, or wimpish, but a state of mind in which a fairly serious hope, that winter is over, that life is returning, is lost. It’s the antithesis of Easter."-Sarah Moss, Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
"we’re all enjoying thinking about how much where you come from shapes what you see when you leave. Home, I tell them, is the paper on which travel writes. Travel writers are always writing home."-Sarah Moss, Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
"Foreigner, útlendingur. Ausländer. I have joined the Faculty of Foreign Languages. British people of my generation don't use that world, certainly not as casually as Icelanders. 'Foreigner' is a word…"-Sarah Moss, Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
2. The Winter Ghosts
By: Kate Mosse
3.47
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
By the author of the "New York Times"-bestselling "Labyrinth," a story of two lives touched by war … read more
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"For when all else is done, only words remain. Words endure."-Kate Mosse, The Winter Ghosts
"We are who we are, because of those we choose to love and because of those who love us."-Kate Mosse, The Winter Ghosts
"Who's to say? Life is not, as we are taught, a matter of seeking answers, but rather learning which are the questions we should ask."-Kate Mosse, The Winter Ghosts
"The thinnest shaft of light entered the empty chambers of my heart, just for a moment. Then it disappeared, extinguished by the weight of all that had gone before."-Kate Mosse, The Winter Ghosts
3. Burial Rites
By: Hannah Kent
2.62
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant literary debut, inspired by a true story: the final days of a young woman accused of mu… read more
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4. Iceland: Land of the Sagas
By: Jon Krakauer , David Roberts
4.38
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Co-produced by the author of the best-seller, Into Thin Air, a full-color, pictorial survey of the … read more
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5. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
By: Susan Casey
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil's Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship… read more
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6. Zolang er leven is: het tweede geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, 85 jaar
By: Hendrik Groen
4.15
Format: None pages, ebook
Nederland leerde Hendrik Groen kennen door zijn dagboek Pogingen iets van het leven te maken. Samen… read more
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7. The Cookbook Collector
By: Allegra Goodman
3.37
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
Heralded as "a modern day Jane Austen" by USA Today, National Book Award finalist and New York Time… read more
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8. Butterflies in November
By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir , Brian FitzGibbon
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
After a day of being dumped - twice - and accidentally killing a goose, a young woman yearns for a … read more
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9. Independent People
By: Halldór Laxness , James Anderson Thompson
3.75
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
This magnificent novel--which secured for its author the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature--is at last… read more
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10. Breakup (Kate Shugak, #7)
By: Dana Stabenow
3.69
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
April in Alaska is the period of spring thaw, what the locals call breakup. For Kate, this year's m… read more
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11. From a Far and Lovely Country (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #24)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
The latest installment in Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully diverting No. 1 Ladies' Detective … read more
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12. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
By: Melissa L. Sevigny
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- nature
13. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.46
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more
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- animals
14. The Librarian of Burned Books
By: Brianna Labuskes
3.93
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWI… read more
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"Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
"p. 364 Do you want to be the ones handing out the gasoline cans? Or the ones trying to put out the fire?"-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
"The men who sough violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
"The men who sought violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
15. National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home
By: Anya von Bremzen
3.55
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed international food writer and award-winning author of Mastering the Art of Soviet Coo… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
16. The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird
By: Joshua Hammer
3.82
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs—and the wildlife detec… read more
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- animals
- nature
17. Welcome to Fae Cafe (High Court of the Coffee Bean, #1)
By: Jennifer Kropf
3.75
Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition
There are ten golden rules if you want to survive an encounter with a fae: Don’t ask their name. … read more
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18. Dragon's Teeth (World's End Lanny Budd, #3)
By: Upton Sinclair
4.05
Format: 836 pages, Kindle Edition
Pulitzer Prize Winner: An American in Germany fights against the rising tide of Nazi terror in this… read more
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19. All the Horses of Iceland
By: Sarah Tolmie
3.53
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
A hypnotic historical fantasy with gorgeous and unusual literary prose, from the captivating author… read more
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- animals
"While Eyvind never became a literate man, he saw as he went on that books contained words that could transform men into priests and kings and healers."-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland
"That was the way it was with languages, Eyvind had observed once he left home and realized how many there were: some he could see into and some he could not. Listening to them was like looking down i…"-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland
20. The Love Scribe
By: Amy Meyerson
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Bookshop of Yesterdays comes a charming novel about a woman with… read more
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"Maybe each time, though, no mater how many loves you'd had before, maybe each time you had to learn again. In that way love was a lot like writing."-Amy Meyerson, The Love Scribe
"People assume the brave part of making art is creating," Joe finally said. "The bravery is in finishing. Saying nothing else I do will make this piece better and it's time to send it into the world. …"-Amy Meyerson, The Love Scribe
21. Fi: A Memoir of My Son
By: Alexandra Fuller
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more
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"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
22. How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
By: Egill Bjarnason
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the world for cent… read more
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- nonfiction
23. A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery, #1)
By: Annelise Ryan
3.64
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Wisconsin bookstore owner and cryptozoologist is asked to investigate a series of deaths that jus… read more
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24. The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality
By: Angela Saini
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression—its origins, its histories, our attempts to und… read more
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25. The Trail of Lost Hearts
By: Tracey Garvis Graves
3.98
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times bestselling author Tracey Garvis Graves takes readers on a life affirming journey, w… read more
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26. Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
By: Sara Dykman
3.85
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award Sara Dykman made history when she became the first … read more
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- nature
"If all of us committed to one footprint of land...the world would be a better place."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
"We call government support to farmers "subsidies." Support for poor people is instead referred to as "welfare."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
"Monarch Watch estimates that each day, 6,000 acres of Monarch breeding habitat in the United States are converted to something else."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
"When I was young, I would ride my bike until I was lost...the realization that I could get where I was going on my own, under my own power, unclocked a bigger world for me."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
27. Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway
By: Emma Fick
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator Emma Fick’s epic train j… read more
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28. Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
By: Margaret Willson
3.93
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A notorious crime, a lone woman fighting for equality, and the thrills of the wide-open sea A da… read more
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- biography memoir
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"We are survivors, harboring all the acquiring insights strengths and scars that word implies."-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
"She had the courage to retain compassion, the intelligence and strength to grow wisdom. This is the meaning of resilience."-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
"He dreamed of this day as he'd listened to his foster mother, Sesselja, and grandmother Ingibjörg tell of their sea adventures with the great Captain Thuridur. Their stories he knew were true because…"-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
29. Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth
By: Nancy Marie Brown
3.41
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE* "An impassioned, informative love letter to Icela… read more
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- nature
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- natural history
30. Wild Horses of the Summer Sun: A Memoir of Iceland
By: Tory Bilski
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us."—Virgina Woolf Each June, Tory… read more
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- memoir
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- animals
- natural history
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- horses
- nature
31. Victress - Women Who Paved the Way In Sport
By: Corinne Hall
4.50
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
This coffee table book commemorates inspiring women, celebrating the stars of today and honouring f… read more
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