Atomic Family
By: Ciera Horton McElroy
3.75
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
A South Carolina family endures one life-shattering day in 1961 in a town that lies in the shadow o…
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1. Remembering
By: Wendell Berry
4.02
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
Remembering takes place in a single day in 1976. Andy Catlett, at the bottom of a deep dark depress… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"They were not going to live again in a time like that."-Wendell Berry, Remembering
"There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot."-Wendell Berry, Remembering
"It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to use and abuse, but not how to preserve."-Wendell Berry, Remembering
"We stood and looked and knowed it was all the time we had and from now on we must remember. We must look now forever."-Wendell Berry, Remembering
2. The Birds of Opulence
By: Crystal Wilkinson
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Blackberries, Blackberriesand Water Streetco… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
3. Where the Lilies Bloom
By: Vera Cleaver , Bill Cleaver , Jim Spanfeller
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mary Call has promised her dying father to keep her brother and sisters together forever on the mou… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. Black River
By: S.M. Hulse
4.48
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A former prison guard and talented fiddler returns to his Montana hometown to bury his wife and con… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
5. And Then There Was Me
By: Sadeqa Johnson
3.70
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her fourteen year-old self acros… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
6. Kabloona
By: Gontran de Poncins
3.93
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Kabloona is a true story of a journey into the North. This extraordinary classic has been variously… read more
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8. Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
By: Paul Pringle
4.22
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Spotlight and Catch and Kill comes a nonfiction thriller about corruption and betrayal … read more
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- audiobook
9. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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- audiobook
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
10. Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
By: James Hannaham
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this “dangerously hilarious” novel ( Los Angeles Time s), a trans woman reenters life on the out… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
11. Rootless
By: Krystle Zara Appiah
3.83
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
A provocative debut novel about a marriage in crisis that asks the question: Can you ever be rooted… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
12. I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
13. Poor Deer
By: Claire Oshetsky
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss—and attempting… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"She has just learned that some things are forever, and other things are never-again."-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer
"On this day the girl feels so much love pouring out of her mother that she is certain her mother has the power to save her. Soon she will come to understand she can't be saved."-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer
14. Pete and Alice in Maine
By: Caitlin Shetterly
3.38
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold in New York Cit… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
15. Wolf at the Table
By: Adam Rapp
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
16. Rednecks
By: Taylor Brown
3.89
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
17. We Burn Daylight
By: Bret Anthony Johnston
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of star-crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks: what wo… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
18. We Meant Well
By: Erum Shazia Hasan
4.05
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who de… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
19. Stealing
By: Margaret Verble
4.04
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, gut-punch of a novel about a Cherokee child removed from her family and sent to a Chris… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
20. Reef Road
By: Deborah Goodrich Royce
3.54
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two w… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
21. The Complicities
By: Stacey D'Erasmo
3.29
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author Stacey D’Erasmo tells a haunting and emotionally affecting story about a woman… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
22. The Witches of Bellinas
By: J. Nicole Jones
3.08
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A dreamy California Gothic about a woman who moves to the mysterious town of Bellinas to save her m… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
23. People Like Them
By: Samira Sedira
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A prizewinning, riveting (The New York Times Book Review) psychological suspense novel inspired by … read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
24. Women Are The Fiercest Creatures
By: Andrea Dunlop
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this wildly addictive novel, three overlooked women take on the charming, manipulative tech CEO … read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
25. Broiler
By: Eli Cranor
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless und… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
26. Atomic Family
By: Ciera Horton McElroy
3.75
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
A South Carolina family endures one life-shattering day in 1961 in a town that lies in the shadow o… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- audiobook
27. William
By: Mason Coile
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read — a haunted house story in… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
28. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant
By: Stephanie Kiser
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more
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- audiobook
29. Grown Women
By: Sarai Johnson
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and d… read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"I don’t think you’re ever really grown."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"We can learn from trauma. We can become better, more efficient, if we do the work."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"Similarly, I owe a great deal to my female ancestors and the women who mothered me."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone you love is stay the hell away from them."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
30. We Came to Welcome You
By: Vincent Tirado
3.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The Other Black Girl meets Midsommar in this spine-chilling, propulsive psychological adult debut f… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
31. Goddess
By: Deborah Hemming
3.22
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An entrancing novel about a wellness retreat on a remote Greek island hosted by a celebrity guru wh… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
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"It hadn't been my intention to share myself with the world. I just wanted to tell stories."-Deborah Hemming, Goddess
