The Women Who Built Omaha: A Bold and Remarkable History
By: Eileen Wirth
3.81
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
2023 Nebraska Book Award During the 1930s the Federal Writers’ Project described Omaha as a “man’s…
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1. T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone, #20)
By: Sue Grafton
3.99
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
trespass \'trespes\ n: a transgression of law involving one's obligations to God or to one's neighb… read more
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"I did an about-face and veered into the sandwich shop. What I ordered is none of your business, but it was really good."-Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone, #20)
"You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympath…"-Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone, #20)
2. The Rent Collector
By: Camron Wright
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste du… read more
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3. Kitchens of the Great Midwest
By: J. Ryan Stradal
3.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine--and a dashing sommelier--he's left to … read more
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4. U Is for Undertow (Kinsey Millhone, #21)
By: Sue Grafton
4.08
Format: 176 pages,
It's April 1988, a month before Kinsey Millhone's thirty-eighth birthday, and she's alone in her of… read more
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5. S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone, #19)
By: Sue Grafton
3.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
The nineteenth novel in Sue Grafton's ever popular 'alphabet' series featuring PI Kinsey Millhone. … read more
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6. Rules of Civility
By: Amor Towles
2.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village… read more
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7. Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
3.67
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the … read more
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"It never fails, the most awful human beings, the power hungry, those with the least personality, kindness, and humanity, are general managers in restaurants."-Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
8. Making It So
By: Patrick Stewart
4.33
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more
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9. The First Ladies
By: Marie Benedict
4.04
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more
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10. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
By: Lisa See
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more
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11. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
12. The Covenant of Water
By: Abraham Verghese
4.45
Format: 724 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more
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13. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
By: Ari Shapiro
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lo… read more
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"We'd drive west to the fog of the coast. In Oregon, nobody calls it the beach, maybe to discourage false hopes of warm and sun."-Ari Shapiro, The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
14. 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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15. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
By: Henry Winkler
4.14
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more
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"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
16. The Whalebone Theatre
By: Joanna Quinn
4.06
Format: 558 pages, Hardcover
A transporting, irresistible debut novel that takes its heroine, Cristabel Seagrave, from a theatr… read more
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"Without passion we are only machines."-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre
"A place where exiles gather to talk of passion."-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre
"The men repeatedly request that she play Elgar’s “Nimrod"-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre
"It pleases her immensely that she has created this. It reminds her of playing with the cardboard theatre in the attic, how her favourite part was lying on the floor, doing the voices, making the char…"-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre
17. 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
18. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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19. The Nightmare at Manhattan Beach (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 7)
By: D.D. Black
4.56
Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition
In the city where he lost everything, he'll stop at nothing to learn the truth.Former NYPD detectiv… read more
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20. The English Understand Wool
By: Helen DeWitt
4.10
Format: 69 pages, Hardcover
Maman was exigeante—there is no English word–and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not … read more
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21. Chef's Kiss
By: Jarrett Melendez
3.96
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something... anything... related to his pa… read more
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22. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
By: Robert Dugoni
4.43
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Bo… read more
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23. The Mitford Affair
By: Marie Benedict
3.70
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict—she'll have to choose: her country or her sis… read more
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24. The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy
By: Joe Sexton
3.89
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An account of two linked and tragic deaths stemming from the 2020 George Floyd protests that explor… read more
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25. Symphony of Secrets
By: Brendan Slocumb
4.27
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A gripping page-turner about a professor who uncovers a shocking secret about the most famous Ameri… read more
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26. Eternal
By: Lisa Scottoline
4.29
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
What war destroys, only love can heal. Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of frie… read more
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"You can’t stay on track when your own government is derailing you"-Lisa Scottoline, Eternal
"My mother thinks my apartment is too big, but I fill it with my ego"-Lisa Scottoline, Eternal
"Marco felt despair, despite the victory. He had believed in Fascism, and they had believed in Nazism. Yet he was alive, and they were dead. There was no difference between him and them. They were all…"-Lisa Scottoline, Eternal
27. The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
By: Paulina Bren
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Paulina Bren comes the remarkable history of New York’s most famous resid… read more
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"[Negli anni '30] Molti ritenevano anche, sebbene il Women's Bureau del governo avesse ripetutamente contraddetto tale convinzione, che le donne lavoravano per comprarsi il superfluo, rubando i posti …"-Paulina Bren, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
"Nel 1932, ventisei Stati avevano decretato che fosse illegale per le donne sposate avere un lavoro, e negli Stati in cui non era obbligatorio lasciare il lavoro al momento delle nozze era comunque ne…"-Paulina Bren, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
"[Negli anni ‘50] Le regole erano chiare, e le attese elevatissime: le donne dovevano essere vergini ma non bacchettone; dovevano fare l'università, dedicarsi a un certo tipo di carriera e poi rinunci…"-Paulina Bren, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
28. A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
By: C.A. Fletcher
4.15
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
My name's Griz. My childhood wasn't like yours. I've never had friends, and in my whole life I've n… read more
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"I didn't know what to do next. Doing something is always the best way to think"-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
"No one's the monster in their own story. Monsters are just a matter of perspective."-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
"Forewarned is not forearmed. Sometimes you spend so much effort looking for the track that you know is there, that you miss the other one that you didn’t know about."-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
"I realise how much time I used to spend with my head in a book, filling the emptiness of my world and letting the pages distract from the darkness in the shadows behind me."-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
29. Her Last Flight
By: Beatriz Williams
4.15
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a remote surfing village on th… read more
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"But while a photograph may tell a thousand words, it doesn't tell the full story"-Beatriz Williams, Her Last Flight
"I consider delivering some nonsense about how the cat’s had a pretty long run, wouldn’t you say, I mean I’ve never heard of a cat living nineteen years. But that’s the last thing you want to hear abo…"-Beatriz Williams, Her Last Flight
30. I'll Stop the World
By: Lauren Thoman
3.99
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
The end and the beginning become one in a heart-pounding coming-of-age mystery about the power of f… read more
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31. The Women Who Built Omaha: A Bold and Remarkable History
By: Eileen Wirth
3.81
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
2023 Nebraska Book Award During the 1930s the Federal Writers’ Project described Omaha as a “man’s… read more
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