CloudCuckooLand
By: Simon Armitage
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
From his home in a West Yorkshire village proverbially associated with cuckoos, Simon Armitage has …
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1. Elephant and Other Stories
By: Raymond Carver
4.09
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
These seven stories were the last that Carver wrote. Among them is Errand in which he imagines the … read more
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- fiction
"I’d like to go out in the front yard and shout something. “None of this is worth it!"-Raymond Carver, Elephant and Other Stories
"I don't want to talk to anybody. Actually, I'd talk to Molly, if I could, but I can't any longer — she's somebody else now. She isn't Molly any more. But — what can I say? — I'm somebody else, too."-Raymond Carver, Elephant and Other Stories
"In his better moments, Mr Baxter is a decent, ordinary guy — a guy you wouldn't mistake for anyone special. But he is special. In my book, he is. For one thing he has a full night's sleep behind him,…"-Raymond Carver, Elephant and Other Stories
2. Citizen: An American Lyric
By: Claudia Rankine
4.27
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking bo… read more
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- poetry
"You can't drive yourself sane."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"Memory is a tough place. You were there."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"That's the bruise the ice in the heart was meant to ice."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
3. Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
By: Jeanette Winterson
3.95
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?" comes an enc… read more
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- fiction
"Our memories change as we do."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
"Most of us can only see the world we know."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
"Love affairs are discoveries of new worlds."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
"The future is not fixed unless we allow it to be so."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
4. Collected Poems
By: Philip Larkin , Anthony Thwaite
4.21
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
One of the best-known and best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Philip Larkin had only a … read more
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- poetry
- fiction
"Life is slow dying."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
"Time is the echo of an axe Within a wood."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
"Death is no different whined at than withstood."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
"I take off my cycle-clips in awkward reverence."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
5. Four Quartets
By: T.S. Eliot
3.67
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942… read more
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- poetry
- fiction
6. There but for the
By: Ali Smith
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
There but for the is the sparkling satirical novel by bestselling Ali Smith 'There once was a man w… read more
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- fiction
7. Feminine Gospels: Poems
By: Carol Ann Duffy
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
A new collection of poems ranging over the experience of women--historical and imagined, real-life … read more
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- poetry
Similar categories in Sylvia Plath's The Colossus and Other Poems book and Simon Armitage's CloudCuckooLand
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- fiction
9. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
By: Mary Roach
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable t… read more
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10. The World's Wife
By: Carol Ann Duffy
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Be terrified. It's you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own; but I know you'll go, betray me,… read more
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- poetry
- fiction
11. Collected Poems, 1909-1962
By: T.S. Eliot
4.12
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
There is no more authoritative collection of the poetry that Eliot himself wished to preserve than … read more
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- fiction
12. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
By: Raymond Carver
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Alternate-cover edition can be found In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation … read more
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13. Grief is the Thing with Feathers
By: Max Porter
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their … read more
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14. The Magic Toyshop
By: Angela Carter
4.33
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
One night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother's wedding dress. The next morning her worl… read more
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15. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
By: Angela Carter
3.92
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more
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- fiction
"Her hair falls down like tears"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"ordered me a sky from a florist"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My spite was sharp as broken glass"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
16. How I Live Now
By: Meg Rosoff
3.93
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
"Every war has turning points and every person too." Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan … read more
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17. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
By: Tim Burton
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burtonhas … read more
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18. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more
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19. Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
By: Margaret Atwood
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of … read more
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- fiction
"Many things get broken in a war."-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
"Holiness is a form of monstrosity"-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
"Many obscure women have been done to death merely for existing."-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
"They're dead now. A thing that happens increasingly: people die."-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
20. Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)
By: Emily Tesh
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias,… read more
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"he felt himself for a moment as the stump of a rotten old tree, putting up thin green shoots at strange new angles."-Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)
"He knew it the same way the woodsman knew it, because he knew trees: but he also knew it with the knowledge of the Wild Man of Greenhallow, who felt every slow green beat of the forest's heart."-Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)
"He planted his feet a shoulders width apart in the ground. After a moment he closed his eyes. Here was the wood. Slow and green he felt the life of it, the life that had been his life as well these f…"-Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)
21. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
22. The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
By: Janelle Monáe
3.76
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion ico… read more
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- fiction
"Dreams aren't memories. They are memories' voices."-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
"Some days Artis had to remind himself that his dad actually existed, that his mother was not a phantom. Remembering the dead was hard work."-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
"Hearing her name, she gathered herself within the span of normalcy, just barely escaping the extra beat that would have made it weird. "Hey," she said. "I'm good, good."-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
"Grandpapa and even Artis's friends believed that New Dawn was the most dangerous thing in their world. But Artis knew that wasn't true. Hope was. Having too much, having too little. Trying to work ou…"-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
23. Broken Light
By: Joanne Harris
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Bernie Moon is feeling invisible. She's given her life to other people - her husband, her son, her … read more
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- fiction
24. Companion Piece
By: Ali Smith
3.82
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
A celebration of companionship in all its timeless and contemporary, legendary and unpindownable, s… read more
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- fiction
25. The Book of M
By: Peng Shepherd
3.69
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
Set in a dangerous near future world, The Book of M tells the captivating story of a group of ordin… read more
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- fiction
"We need to take care of what we can do before we sit around and worry about what we cant."-Peng Shepherd, The Book of M
"I hope of all things, I forget you last, Ory. I hope I forget you even after I forget where we're going. I'd rather drive forever and never reach New Orleans, but still remember you"-Peng Shepherd, The Book of M
26. Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021
By: Margaret Atwood
4.07
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
This brilliant selection of essays—funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient—seeks ans… read more
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"However, this does not make The Handmaid’s Tale a “feminist dystopia"-Margaret Atwood, Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021
"Do you as a writer expand the meanings of words, or are you merely their tool? Is your own language programming you like a computer, or are you wielding it like Prospero’s magic charms, and is there …"-Margaret Atwood, Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021
27. How High We Go in the Dark
By: Sequoia Nagamatsu
3.83
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Dr. Cliff Miyashiro arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue his recently deceased daughter's resea… read more
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"Death has become a way of life"-Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark
"Life is always easier for boys."-Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark
"She always preferred celestial objects to people."-Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark
"Embrace possibility, but don't let it drag you down"-Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark
28. Frankissstein: A Love Story
By: Jeanette Winterson
3.54
Format: 344 pages, ebook
In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love – against their better j… read more
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- fiction
"Yet I wish I had a cat."-Jeanette Winterson, Frankissstein: A Love Story
"Stars in the sky like uncounted chances."-Jeanette Winterson, Frankissstein: A Love Story
"I don't want eternal life, I said. This life is trouble enough."-Jeanette Winterson, Frankissstein: A Love Story
"I discover that grief means living with someone who is no longer there."-Jeanette Winterson, Frankissstein: A Love Story
29. The Jealousy Man and Other Stories
By: Jo Nesbø
3.65
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A veritable crime lover’s delight from a true master of mystery and suspense. Experience the #1 New… read more
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- fiction
30. CloudCuckooLand
By: Simon Armitage
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
From his home in a West Yorkshire village proverbially associated with cuckoos, Simon Armitage has … read more
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31. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more
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"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
