My Famous Brain
By: Diane Wald
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
“My brain was famous, but I was not. Not every gifted child invents a pollutant-free fuel, paints a…
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1. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
By: Phaedra Patrick
3.93
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant and sparkling debut, a lovable widower embarks on a life-changing adventure Si… read more
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"Sometimes you hold on to things, not because you want to keep them, but because they are difficult to let go."-Phaedra Patrick, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
"The thing is these days there is too much choice. When I was younger, you were grateful with what you were given."-Phaedra Patrick, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
"It had all happened so quickly. The innocence of being young and thinking that your parents would last for ever had been broken."-Phaedra Patrick, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
"He always felt embarrassed opening gifts in front of others, having to act out delight or surprise. He liked to peel off the paper slowly and consider the contents."-Phaedra Patrick, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
2. A Prayer for Owen Meany
By: John Irving
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, h… read more
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3. The Hours
By: None , Michael Cunningham
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, "The Hours" is the story of three women: Clarissa Vaughan,… read more
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4. The Color of a Silver Lining (The Color of Heaven Series Book 13)
By: Julianne MacLean
3.99
Format: 32 pages,
From USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean comes a special full-length novel about secrets,… read more
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5. People of the Book
By: Geraldine Brooks
3.00
Format: 96 pages,
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript throu… read more
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6. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
By: John "Chick" Donohue
3.92
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You wi… read more
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7. The Storyteller of Casablanca
By: Fiona Valpy
4.40
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
In this evocative tale from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker’s Gift, a strange new city off… read more
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8. Sparks Like Stars
By: Nadia Hashimi
4.29
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanist… read more
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"Grief starts before anyone has gone missing."-Nadia Hashimi, Sparks Like Stars
"If faith was a life raft, mine was riddled with holes."-Nadia Hashimi, Sparks Like Stars
"Let people serve you information, but never let them serve you your opinion."-Nadia Hashimi, Sparks Like Stars
"You need no one to confirm you. You are everything you believe yourself to be."-Nadia Hashimi, Sparks Like Stars
9. The Murmur of Bees
By: Sofía Segovia
4.24
Format: 471 pages, Kindle Edition
From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel—her first to be translated int… read more
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"In life, only potential was free."-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees
"One should not cling to old habits that no longer work in a changing world."-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees
"Había sido madre y... ¿cómo se les llama a las madres que pierden a un hijo? ¿Amputadas?, así se sentía."-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees
"It doesn’t matter whether time passes slowly or quickly. What you can be sure of is that, in the end, all you want is to have more."-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees
10. What Strange Paradise
By: Omar El Akkad
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another overfilled, ill-equipped, dilap… read more
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"Today you are the only boy in the world and tomorrow it will be as though you never existed."-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise
"And what do you think the prerequisite for kindness is? Have you ever tried to be kind to someone better off than you?"-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise
"Farther out, the water sheds its sandy complexion and turns a turquoise of such clarity that the tourists’ sailboats seem to float atop their own shadows."-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise
"Because that's how we take the future from them," Walid said, animated now. "Look at Stockholm, look at Munich, look at New York-- who's picking up the garbage, cleaning the toilets? Who's doing the …"-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise
11. Bewilderment
By: Richard Powers
3.92
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. A heartrending new novel from the … read more
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"Someday we'll learn again how to train on this living place, and holding still will be like flying."-Richard Powers, Bewilderment
"Life is something we need to stop correcting. My boy was a pocket universe I could never hope to fathom."-Richard Powers, Bewilderment
"He wanted drama and showdown and righteous calls for justice from concerned citizens. Instead, he got America."-Richard Powers, Bewilderment
"Apparently God had made life on one planet only, and only one country of that planet's dominant species needed to manage it."-Richard Powers, Bewilderment
12. The Cemetery of Untold Stories
By: Julia Alvarez
3.68
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself… read more
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13. Rabbits for Food
By: Binnie Kirshenbaum
3.59
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
It’s New Year’s Eve, the holiday of forced gaiety, mandatory fun, and paper hats. While dining out … read more
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14. The Saints of Swallow Hill
By: Donna Everhart
4.12
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
It takes courage to save yourself... In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners l… read more
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15. The Story of Our Secrets
By: Shari Low
4.40
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
Colm O’Flynn was loved by his close circle of family and friends, however his death came too soon f… read more
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16. The Auschwitz Protocol (The Sikora Files #1)
By: Jack Carnegie
4.48
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Alternate cover edition of ASIN B086H33G7X Retired US Detective Emil Janowitz lied to his wife f… read more
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17. The Moose Paradox
By: Antti Tuomainen
3.76
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored order both to his life and to YouMeFun,… read more
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18. The Tobacco Wives
By: Adele Myers
3.81
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
For the audience of Fiona Davis and Lisa Wingate, a vibrant historical debut set in 1946 North Caro… read more
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19. The Ragged Edge of Night
By: Olivia Hawker
4.16
Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition
For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes an emotio… read more
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20. The Boys' Club
By: Erica Katz
3.93
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Sweetbitter meets The Firm in this buzzy, page-turning debut novel—already optioned to Netflix—abou… read more
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"Alexandra, you act like a relationship owes you something. Like it's supposed to make you whole or better or more fulfilled or excited without working on it. You want a perfect marriage to appear the…"-Erica Katz, The Boys' Club
21. Home Stretch
By: Graham Norton
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this “compelling, bighearted, emotionally precise page-turner” (Sunday Times), the New York Time… read more
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22. The Past Is Never
By: Tiffany Quay Tyson
4.11
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A compelling addition to contemporary Southern Gothic fiction, deftly weaving together local legend… read more
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23. The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
By: Balli Kaur Jaswal
3.79
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows h… read more
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"Please enjoy your health while you have it. Because once your body betrays you, no comfort in the world will make up for your loss."-Balli Kaur Jaswal, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
24. Resonance
By: A.J. Scudiere
4.03
Format: 508 pages, Kindle Edition
The shift is coming. Soon. Dr. David Carter knows this. However, he?s a geologist, so `soon? mea… read more
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25. He Gets That From Me
By: Jacqueline Friedland
3.98
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
As a young mother with a toddler and a live-in boyfriend, Maggie Fisher’s job at a checkout counter… read more
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26. The Cancer Finishing School: Lessons in Laughter, Love and Resilience
By: Peter Goldsworthy
3.76
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
‘My first stray cancer is a gift. I’m lucky to have it. What priceless material for a doctor-write… read more
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27. Lies Behind the Ruin
By: Helen Matthews
4.05
Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition
How can you build a new life on toxic foundations? Emma Willshire has overcome plenty of obstacle… read more
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28. On a Night of a Thousand Stars
By: Andrea Yaryura Clark
3.94
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
New York, 1998. Santiago Larrea, a wealthy Argentine diplomat, is holding court alongside his wife,… read more
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29. The City Where We Once Lived
By: Eric Barnes
3.79
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a near future where climate change has severely affected weather and agriculture, the North End … read more
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30. The House of Many Lives (The House of Many Lives #1)
By: L.K. Wilde
4.35
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
Love can take you by surprise when you make a house a home...Kate is stuck in a rut. She works a de… read more
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31. My Famous Brain
By: Diane Wald
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
“My brain was famous, but I was not. Not every gifted child invents a pollutant-free fuel, paints a… read more
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