Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction
By: Dave Kindred
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
By: Bill James , Rachel McCarthy James
3.46
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseb… read more
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- audiobook
"He was who he was; it was how he thought about himself. He was the man with the secret that nobody could ever get to. You guys look at me and you see nothing- this is how he thought; you see a small …"-Bill James, The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
2. The Great Santini
By: Pat Conroy
3.95
Format: 269 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He's all Marine --- fighter pilot, king of the cloud… read more
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3. Lit
By: Mary Karr
3.44
Format: 216 pages,
Litfollows Mary Karr's descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness--and her astonishing resu… read more
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4. Drunk Mom
By: Jowita Bydlowska
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Three years after giving up drink, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagn… read more
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- audiobook
"There's this parallel, perhaps less conscious desire, which is to numb myself to the world. To deal with the world tomorrow. Living is difficult. Dying is difficult."-Jowita Bydlowska, Drunk Mom
"It was too much happiness. Happiness puts you at too much risk - what if you were to lose it? Too much happiness is a paradox. It's a tragedy, even: getting something you've always wanted but being u…"-Jowita Bydlowska, Drunk Mom
5. The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir
By: Cylin Busby , None
3.83
Format: 35 pages,
A peaceful summer night is shattered by gunfire as an unseen assailant tries to murder police offic… read more
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6. No One's Home
By: D.M. Pulley
3.87
Format: 397 pages, Paperback
For fans of The Haunting of Hill House comes a dark tale of a mansion haunted by a legacy of traged… read more
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7. Vareda
By: Sven Mikser
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Vahest ei tea kuueteistkümneaastane Johannes isegi, kas see on lõpuni läbi elamata lein surnud ment… read more
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8. Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)
By: Tom J. Bross
4.25
Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition
Don’t Call Me Jupiter is a true coming-of-age memoir of psychedelic adventure about growing up in a… read more
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"One of my nipples is noticeably larger than the other two."-Tom J. Bross, Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)
9. Between Two Trailers
By: J. Dana Trent
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a… read more
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- audiobook
10. American Girls
By: Jessica Roy
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, deeply reported narrative about religious extremism, radicalization, and the bonds of … read more
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11. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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- audiobook
12. Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir
By: Beth Nguyen
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter r… read more
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- family
- audiobook
13. The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story
By: Christie Watson
4.12
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Christie Watson spent twenty years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably power… read more
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- audiobook
"We will meet people on the way: patients, relatives and staff - people you may recognize already. Because we are all nursed at some point in our lives. We are all nurses."-Christie Watson, The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story
"It is impossible to describe exactly what I learn, though I know it lies somewhere between science and art. It is all about the smallest details and understanding how they make the biggest difference."-Christie Watson, The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story
14. Mania
By: Lionel Shriver
3.69
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my b… read more
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- audiobook
15. We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City
By: Justin Fenton
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Baltimore, 2015. Riots were erupting across the city as citizens demanded justice for Freddie Gray,… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. Did I Ever Tell You?
By: Genevieve Kingston
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Based on her "Modern Love" piece ("She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box"), this extraordinar… read more
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- memoir
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- nonfiction
- family
- audiobook
17. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
By: Kamala Harris
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more
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- audiobook
"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
18. Finding Tamika
By: Erika Alexander
3.83
Format: 6 pages, Audiobook
Black girls and women disappear every day, but not without a trace. Join actress and activist Erika… read more
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19. It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me
By: Rex Chapman
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran, and social media … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
By: Rachel Louise Snyder
4.50
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder frames this urgent and immersive account of … read more
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- nonfiction
"Michelle saw was what so many other women before her had seen: that an abuser appears more powerful than the system."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
"The average batterer, Adams told me, “is more likable than his victim, because domestic violence affects victims a lot more than it affects batterers."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
"When I questioned whether she believed he really had changed, she said yes, but she also said she believed she could probably trigger him again in a minute."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
"The very fact that intimate partner violence is so often addressed in civil court, rather than criminal court, gives insight into how we as a society still view it."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
21. Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol
By: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay , a hilariously candid and refreshingly honest… read more
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22. Stray
By: Stephanie Danler
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies an… read more
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- audiobook
23. The Invisible Girl: The True Story of an Unheard Voice
By: Torey L. Hayden
4.07
Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition
From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes The Invisible … read more
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- audiobook
24. If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America
By: Vicki Sokolik
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth—told through the inspiring stories of a woman … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. Becoming Better Grownups: Rediscovering What Matters and Remembering How to Fly
By: Brad Montague
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times-bestselling author looks for the meaning of a good life by seeking advice from the… read more
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- audiobook
"Failing, done correctly, is learning."-Brad Montague, Becoming Better Grownups: Rediscovering What Matters and Remembering How to Fly
"I guess this is what it means to be alive in a world where there is death: to love."-Brad Montague, Becoming Better Grownups: Rediscovering What Matters and Remembering How to Fly
"Becoming a better grownup is not about achieving more. Part of being a better grownup is letting people know they are enough—including yourself. It's realizing that every single day is another layer …"-Brad Montague, Becoming Better Grownups: Rediscovering What Matters and Remembering How to Fly
26. Residency: Blundering along with imposter syndrome (Playing Doctor, #2)
By: John Lawrence
4.29
Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition
Playing Doctor: Part Two: Residency is a medical memoir full of laugh-out-loud tales, born from cha… read more
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27. Furnishing Eternity: A Father, a Son, a Coffin, and a Measure of Life
By: David Giffels
4.24
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“A lifetime’s worth of workbench philosophy in a heartfelt memoir about the connection between a fa… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction
By: Dave Kindred
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Dave Kindred's extraordinary investigation of the death of his grandson yields a powerful memoir of… read more
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- mental health
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- nonfiction
- family
- audiobook
29. Before We Were Us
By: Denise Hunter
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
She can't remember. He can't forget. Seven months ago, after graduating with a hospitality degree,… read more
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30. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way
By: Fred C. Trump
4.07
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more
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31. The Patient
By: Steena Holmes
3.69
Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition
A therapist must face her own worst fear—one of her patients is a serial killer. Dani Rycroft susp… read more
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