You Are Ready For Takeoff: A Short Trip
By: Susan Orlean
3.65
Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
By: Craig Ferguson
3.92
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
In his memoir American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson, host of The Late, Late Show, traces his journey … read more
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- nonfiction
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"It seemed that I performed better sober than drunk. Who knew?"-Craig Ferguson, American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
"After all this time I found that the novel is in fact punk rock."-Craig Ferguson, American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
"I didn't say no because between safety and adventure I choose adventure."-Craig Ferguson, American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
"I found out it is just as hard to make a movie that you are not proud of as it is to make one you love."-Craig Ferguson, American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
2. Imagine Wanting Only This
By: Kristen Radtke
4.34
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeous graphic memoir about loss, love, and confronting grief When Kristen Radtke was in colleg… read more
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3. My Mother and Other Wild Animals
By: Andrew Sean Greer
3.90
Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition
A mother and son embark on the road trip of a lifetime in a charming, poignant essay about making m… read more
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- memoir
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
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4. His Happy Place (Getaway, #2)
By: Zakiya Dalila Harris
3.33
Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition
A quiet weekend in the wilderness, just the two of them. How romantic. But new love turns to terror… read more
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5. Uncharted Waters (Getaway, #1)
By: Sally Hepworth
3.54
Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition
“Speak your truth.” An icebreaker leads to unintended consequences for two strangers aboard a luxur… read more
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- short stories
- audiobook
6. Day
By: Michael Cunningham
3.57
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more
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- audiobook
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"-Michael Cunningham, Day
7. Signal Moon: A Short Story
By: Kate Quinn
4.33
Format: 57 pages, Kindle Edition
A short story about an impossible connection across two centuries that could make the difference be… read more
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- short stories
- audiobook
"It fucking matters. What I do, our kind, signal technicians—it descends straight from you guys."-Kate Quinn, Signal Moon: A Short Story
8. The Days Before Us
By: Sejal Badani
3.60
Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition
A woman strives to overcome the traumas of her past to bring a new family together in an uplifting … read more
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9. Everything My Mother Taught Me
By: Alice Hoffman
4.00
Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition
In this haunting short story of loyalty and betrayal, a young woman in early 1900s Massachusetts di… read more
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10. Olivetti
By: Allie Millington
4.10
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more
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11. Cause of Death
By: Jeffery Deaver
3.99
Format: 77 pages, Kindle Edition
Jon Talbot is a history professor who makes sense of the past by examining facts. He also knows how… read more
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- audiobook
12. Two Women Walk into a Bar
By: Cheryl Strayed
4.06
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things , finds humor and connecti… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
13. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
14. Belle Mer (Getaway, #4)
By: Luanne Rice
3.51
Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition
On the New England coast, an irresistible vacation rental draws a woman into the sinister secrets o… read more
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- short stories
- audiobook
15. Catch Her in a Lie (Steinbeck and Reed, #0,5)
By: Jess Lourey
3.71
Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition
Two agents on the trail of a serial killer. A mother and daughter on the trip of a lifetime. Fates … read more
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- audiobook
16. Can You Feel This?
By: Julie Orringer
3.67
Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition
In the chaos of a maternity ward, memories of tragedy and grief come flooding back for an anxious m… read more
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- audiobook
17. The Lion's Den
By: Anthony Marra
3.47
Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition
Exposing his father’s transgressions in a tell-all was the ethical, righteous—and profitable—thing … read more
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- audiobook
"Finding an empty wheelchair in front of a lion enclosure is like finding a pair of shoes at the ocean’s edge. You might look to your left and your right, but in your heart you know the only way their…"-Anthony Marra, The Lion's Den
18. There's a Bear in the House!
By: Walter Kirn
3.85
Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times bestselling author of Up in the Air comes a short and heartwarming true sto… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
19. Model Home
By: J. Courtney Sullivan
3.19
Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition
Not happy? No problem. Fake it. From New York Times bestselling author J. Courtney Sullivan comes a… read more
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- audiobook
20. Stockholm (Getaway, #3)
By: Catherine Steadman
3.60
Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition
An extravagant anniversary trip turns into a desperate scramble for survival in an unsettling short… read more
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- short stories
- audiobook
21. The Shortest Day
By: Colm Tóibín
3.78
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
In Ireland, a man of reason is drawn to a true mystery older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge in th… read more
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- audiobook
"But did they have gods? Or believe in an afterlife?"-Colm Tóibín, The Shortest Day
22. Themes and Variations
By: David Sedaris
4.21
Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition
In this Kindle-exclusive essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rew… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
23. The Magician
By: Rebecca Serle
3.63
Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition
A mother-to-be is awed by her own mother’s chaotic and unknowable approach to life and its natural … read more
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- audiobook
24. The Debriefing
By: Jeffery Deaver
3.80
Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition
International bestselling author Jeffery Deaver explores the borderline between lies and loyalty in… read more
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- audiobook
25. Black Cop's Kid: An Essay
By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4.44
Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s deeply personal essay explores racial conflict through the prism of his child… read more
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26. Poppy's Story
By: Kristina McMorris
3.82
Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1962 Virginia, with the world teetering on the brink, a schoolteacher searches for strength and … read more
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27. A Planned Occasion
By: Angie Kim
4.28
Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition
A surprising gift brings closure for an elderly widow in a poignant story about grief, memory, and … read more
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- audiobook
28. Deluge
By: Charmaine Wilkerson
3.82
Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition
A woman’s impression of her family is dismantled by revelations of the past in a haunting story abo… read more
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29. Blackbeard: The Birth of America
By: Samuel Marquis
4.11
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner Kirkus Reviews Book of the Year AwardsWinner Beverly Hills Book AwardsAward-Winning Finalist… read more
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30. You Are Ready For Takeoff: A Short Trip
By: Susan Orlean
3.65
Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition
As we struggle with new anxieties, the New York Times bestselling author of The Library Book tackle… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
31. In the Empty Quarter
By: G. Willow Wilson
3.79
Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition
A woman’s journey to self-discovery collides with the ancient legends of the Rubʿ al-Khali desert i… read more
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