Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress
By: Judy Tzu-Chun Wu
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
The first biography of trailblazing legislator Patsy Takemoto Mink, best known as the legislative c…
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1. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (Isabel Dalhousie, #2)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
3.63
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 2 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalh… read more
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"It was always a mistake, she thought, to dwell on the cause of one's anger."-Alexander McCall Smith, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (Isabel Dalhousie, #2)
"There were countless injustices and difficulties in this world, but small points of light too, where the darkness was held back."-Alexander McCall Smith, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (Isabel Dalhousie, #2)
"She had been seized with a sudden existential horror. The house had white carpets and white furniture and, most significantly, no books."-Alexander McCall Smith, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (Isabel Dalhousie, #2)
"If we treated others with the consideration that one would give to those who only had a few days to live, then we would be kinder, at least."-Alexander McCall Smith, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (Isabel Dalhousie, #2)
2. Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol 1, 1884-1933
By: Blanche Wiesen Cook
3.88
Format: None pages,
Celebrated by feminists, historians, politicians & reviewers everywhere, Blanche Wiesen Cook's Elea… read more
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3. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
By: Imani Perry
3.97
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"So I went deeper into an archive of historical memory, hoping to sort it out"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"And yes, slavery was abolished, Jim Crow is over, but the prisons, the persistence of poverty, are constant reminders of how the past made the present."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"What, by analogy, happens to the family of the university, or the town, or the state, or the Old Dominion, or the nation itself, given what has been built into its creation?"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
4. Blood Orange Night: My Journey to the Edge of Madness
By: Melissa Bond
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Brain on Fire meets High Achiever in this “page-turner memoir chronicling a woman’s accidental desc… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
5. Wake (PI Lane Holland #1)
By: Shelley Burr
3.99
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
'The tiny outback town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of Australia. Once a thriving cent… read more
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6. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
By: Gabrielle Stanley Blair
4.51
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in p… read more
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- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- womens
7. My Darkest Prayer
By: S.A. Cosby
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby’s debut novel My Darkest Prayer is rep… read more
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8. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
By: David Maraniss
4.02
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the … read more
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- history
- biography
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
9. Love Radio
By: Ebony LaDelle
4.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a pop… read more
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"It's crazy how a relationship can be over long before you both call it quits."-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio
"That's what love looks like. It's not always about the flowers and grand gestures, but this right here. Being completely yourself with another person in the moment, and them accepting no less of you."-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio
"And now I'm realising it's ok to let toxicity go, even if it used to be good at one point. What matters is how does it make you feel now, and right now nothing about Destiny makes me believe she care…"-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio
10. The Souls of Lost Lake
By: Jaime Jo Wright
4.27
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
Wren Blythe has long enjoyed being among the Northwoods, helping her father with programming at a y… read more
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"Noah Pritchard ws cultured. Maybe not rich, but he spoke fine. She was an orphaned child from the woods and had all the etiquette of a groundhog at an evening ball."-Jaime Jo Wright, The Souls of Lost Lake
"It's holding each other accountable, yes, but it's also not creating our own narrative and forcing others' stories into it. Finding the truth which is nonnegotiable. That is our purpose."-Jaime Jo Wright, The Souls of Lost Lake
11. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
By: Tiya Miles
3.95
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In a display case in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture sits… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
"Though necessary to the work of uncovering the past, archives are nevertheless limited and misleading storehouses of information. While at times imposing and formal enough as to seem all-encompassing…"-Tiya Miles, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
12. Murder at the Serpentine Bridge (Wrexford & Sloane, #6)
By: Andrea Penrose
4.19
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
Charlotte, now the Countess of Wrexford, would like nothing more than a summer of peace and quiet w… read more
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13. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
By: Paul Newman
3.89
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
14. Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us
By: Alison Mariella Désir
4.58
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
A searing exposé on the whiteness of running, a supposedly egalitarian sport, and a call to reimag… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
15. One Day I Shall Astonish the World
By: Nina Stibbe
3.49
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of Love, Nina , a frank, tender, and poignantly funny story about the ebb … read more
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16. Peg and Rose Solve a Murder (Senior Sleuths, #1)
By: Laurien Berenson
3.74
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Murder, She Wrote meets The Golden Girls in the award-winning author’s brand-new series! Two cantan… read more
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17. Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure
By: Rinker Buck
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
18. The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond
By: Chris Blackwell
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Sound Man and The Soundtrack of My Life , a lyrical, warmhearted, and inspirational … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
19. In the Shadow of the Mountain
By: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
"We protect us."-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
"The host always said: 'Nothing you do is small. Everything begins from there."-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
"Even thought I rarely believed it myself, whenever I spoke it aloud, the dream grew. No matter how absurd it sounded, how impossible it seemed, dreaming got me closer to executing."-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
"Even while recuperating, we have to keep active. If you don't move at all, you're more likely to get sick. Continuous motion is the best way to manipulate our bodies into believing that we can fully …"-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
20. Carolina Built
By: Kianna Alexander
3.65
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This “exuberant celebration of Black women’s joy as well as their achievements” (Kate Quinn, New Yo… read more
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- feminism
"When I interact with others, I try to let goodwill and love for humanity guide me. I don't always succeed, but I pray for the grace to do better the next time."-Kianna Alexander, Carolina Built
21. Seven Steeples
By: Sara Baume
3.53
Format: 181 pages, Hardcover
Bell en Sigh verhuizen vanuit de drukte van de stad naar een huis aan de Atlantische Oceaan in het … read more
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"October mornings peeled the night cloud back to its subcutaneous lilac tissue. The leaves earned their name by leaving the trees. Browned and blistered foliage cascaded from the sycamore, swilling in…"-Sara Baume, Seven Steeples
22. Mirror Lake (Shady Hollow, #3)
By: Juneau Black
4.03
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
The third novel in the Shady Hollow mystery series, in which Vera Vixen takes on her most challengi… read more
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23. The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust
By: Harry Lenga
4.48
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“Inspiring. Exhilarating. Astonishing. An epic tale of brotherhood, ingenuity, and survival.” —Heat… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
24. All the Best Liars
By: Amelia Kahaney
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A dark, modern psychological thriller and coming-of-age about obsession, manipulation, and the inte… read more
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25. The Last Karankawas
By: Kimberly Garza
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Yaa Gyasi and Cristina Henríquez—a kaleidoscopic, emotionally charged debut about a tig… read more
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26. Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History
By: Jeff Nussbaum
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
27. The Boy with a Bird in His Chest
By: Emme Lund
3.74
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Though Owen Tanner has never met anyone else who has a chatty bird in their chest, medical forums w… read more
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"Soon his denial of Gail was somewhat of a comfort to him, a shawl he could wear out in the world. He grew easier while eating dinner with a plate on his lap next to the fire pit, easier on his hikes …"-Emme Lund, The Boy with a Bird in His Chest
28. All Signs Point To Paris: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Destiny
By: Natasha Sizlo
3.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“This one brims with magic... An absolute page-turner and joy to read!— Jane Green, New York Times … read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
29. Garden of Earthly Bodies
By: Sally Oliver
2.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An exquisitely eerie and unsettling speculative novel that grapples with questions of trauma, ident… read more
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"This was the saddest part of life – not being able to tell someone in time how valuable they were."-Sally Oliver, Garden of Earthly Bodies
30. Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress
By: Judy Tzu-Chun Wu
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
The first biography of trailblazing legislator Patsy Takemoto Mink, best known as the legislative c… read more
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- biography
- feminism
- politics
- biography memoir
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- womens
31. Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street
By: Cin Fabré
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the South Bronx projects to the boardroom―at only nineteen years old, Cin Fabré ran with the w… read more
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