We Heard It When We Were Young
By: Chuy Renteria
4.09
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
Most agree that West Liberty is a special place. The first majority Hispanic town in Iowa, it has b…
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1. A Thousand Acres
By: Jane Smiley
3.82
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
Aging Larry Cook announces his intention to turn over his 1,000-acre farm—one of the largest in Zeb… read more
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"Seeing him somewhere was always a pleasure, like taking a drink of water."-Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres
"Had I faced all the facts It seemed like I had but actually you never know just by remembering how many there were to have faced."-Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres
"At sixty miles per hour, you could pass our farm in a minute, on County Road 686, which ran due north into the T intersection at Cabot Street Road."-Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres
"I had a burden lift off me that I hadn't even felt the heaviness of until then, and it was the burden of having to wait and see what was going to happen."-Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres
2. Western Avenue and Other Fictions
By: Fred Arroyo
3.91
Format: 69 pages, Paperback
In these engaging and often gripping short stories, Fred Arroyo takes us into the lives of working-… read more
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3. The Women of Brewster Place
By: Gloria Naylor
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
IN HER HERALDED FIRST NOVEL, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Bre… read more
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4. Summerland
By: Elin Hilderbrand
4.26
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
It's June 15th, the night of Nantucket High School graduation. Four juniors are driving home from a… read more
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5. Tiny Little Thing
By: Beatriz Williams
3.71
Format: None pages,
In the summer of 1966, Christina Hardcastle--"Tiny" to her illustrious family--stands on the brink … read more
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6. Mr. Cavendish, I Presume (Two Dukes of Wyndham, #2)
By: Julia Quinn
4.11
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
THERE WENT THE BRIDE ... Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as long as s… read more
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7. Native Son
By: Richard Wright
3.46
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or pet… read more
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8. ... y no se lo tragó la tierra ... and the Earth Did Not Devour Him
By: None , Tomás Rivera
3.94
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Tomas Rivera's original Spanish-language novel plus a new translation into English by Evangelina Vi… read more
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"I recall that one time he told the people to read the poems out loud because the spoken word was the seed of love in the darkness."-None, ... y no se lo tragó la tierra ... and the Earth Did Not Devour Him
9. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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- nonfiction
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
10. My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy
By: Clint Hill
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me reveal … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
11. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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12. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
By: Lyz Lenz
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
13. The Lager Queen of Minnesota
By: J. Ryan Stradal
4.01
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
A novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer.… read more
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"Young man"-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota
"Her mother told her once that the nicest thing you can do for someone is be happy to see them,"-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota
"Money allows people to survive their mistakes, she knew from having observed that phenomenon from a distance, and people like her were fucked."-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota
"She held the bottle to her lips and tilted, slightly. It tasted the like how she'd imagine dirt would taste if someone burned it on the grill. Nope she said, and handed the bottle back."-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota
14. The Seed Keeper
By: Diane Wilson
4.30
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle t… read more
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"My father traveled now with the stars, returned to the vast mystery that had so fascinated him all his life."-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
"What the white settlers called progress was a storm of fury thundering its way across the land, and none of us were strong enough to withstand it."-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
"I decided to give Rosie all the facts I could—because that's how the corporations work against us, twisting the truth till we're at war with each other."-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
"I thought about the aftermath of the 1862 war, when thirty-eight hastily condemned warriors had been hung in Mankato, in the country's largest-ever mass execution. Their bodies were buried in shallow…"-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
15. 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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"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
16. The Guncle (The Guncle, #1)
By: Steven Rowley
4.14
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Gra… read more
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17. The Circus Train
By: Amita Parikh
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
At the World of Wonders, Europe's most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic… read more
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"There were some things that only a mother could fix."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
"There are few things that can't be fixed by a good night's sleep."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
"Sometimes the people who love us most hold us back because they want to protect us."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
"If you have a setback, you rest. Then one day, probably sooner than you think, you wake up, ready to try again."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
18. The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence
By: Marilyn Brookwood
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating―and eerily timely―tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who launched t… read more
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- nonfiction
19. The Late Americans
By: Brandon Taylor
3.38
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads In the shared and private sp… read more
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20. Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family
By: Rabia Chaudry
4.05
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author and host of the wildly popular Undisclosed podcast, a warm, intimate me… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Every person, I'd argue, has the right to pursue what feeling good means to them."-Rabia Chaudry, Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family
"But when I dug deeper, I realized the self-loathing was less about what I looked like on the outside, and more about feeling out of control and helpless."-Rabia Chaudry, Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family
21. The Kindest Lie
By: Nancy Johnson
3.56
Format: 336 pages, ebook
A promise could betray you. It’s 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in … read more
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22. The Fields (Riley Fisher, #1)
By: Erin Young
3.54
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
A breakneck procedural that is beautifully written and masterfully crafted, Erin Young's The Fields… read more
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23. Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
By: Elise Hooper
3.88
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
“Fast Girls is a compelling, thrilling look at what it takes to be a female Olympian in pre-war Ame… read more
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24. 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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25. The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16)
By: Linda Castillo
4.38
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter … read more
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26. The Town of Babylon
By: Alejandro Varela
3.96
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
In this contemporary debut novel—an intimate portrait of queer, racial, and class identity —Andrés,… read more
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27. I Never Thought of It That Way
By: Monica Guzmán
3.93
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions. Partisanship is up,… read more
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- nonfiction
28. Learning to See
By: Elise Hooper
3.87
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
At a time when women were supposed to keep the home fires burning, Dorothea Lange, creator of the m… read more
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"So, who was I now? I was old enough to wear wrinkles and scars, but young enough to feel stronger and smarter because of them"-Elise Hooper, Learning to See
29. The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle
By: Anna Shechtman
3.38
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Combining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen… read more
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- memoir
30. We Heard It When We Were Young
By: Chuy Renteria
4.09
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
Most agree that West Liberty is a special place. The first majority Hispanic town in Iowa, it has b… read more
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- social issues
- nonfiction
- memoir
31. The Harvest: Short Stories (English, Spanish and Spanish Edition)
By: Tomás Rivera
3.55
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
This collection of myths and parables deal with such issues as love and betrayal, alienation, human… read more
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