How to Be Normal
By: Phil Christman
4.10
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Building on themes explored in his first book—specifically the notion of normality, or banality, or…
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1. Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
By: Andrew Solomon
4.25
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
Far from the Tree is a masterpiece that will rattle our prejudices, question our policies, and insp… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
2. The Transit of Venus
By: Shirley Hazzard
3.98
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
Caro, gallant and adventurous, is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England t… read more
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4. Returning to Reims
By: Didier Eribon , George Chauncey , None
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
On thinking the matter through, it doesn't seem exaggerated to assert that my coming out of the sex… read more
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5. The Last Samurai
By: Helen DeWitt
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
Helen DeWitt's extraordinary debut, The Last Samurai, centers on the relationship between Sibylla, … read more
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6. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
By: Jon Klassen
4.26
Format: 105 pages, None
Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more
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7. All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
By: Becca Rothfeld
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An acclaimed debut author's glorious call to throw off restraint and balance in culture in favor of… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- essays
8. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
9. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America
By: Will Sommer
4.09
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, ho… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
10. How to Blow Up a Pipeline
By: Andreas Malm
3.96
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appea… read more
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- nonfiction
"The context for hope is radical uncertainty; anything could happen, and whether we act or not has everything to do with it."-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
"I once asked Bill McKibben, after an energising speech to a capacity crowd, when – given that the situation is as urgent as he portrayed it and we all know it is – we escalate. He was visibly ill at …"-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
11. Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
By: Taylor Lorenz
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the in… read more
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- sociology
12. Getting Lost
By: Annie Ernaux
3.44
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The diary of one of France’s most important, award-… read more
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- nonfiction
"I write in lieu of love, to fill that empty space above death."-Annie Ernaux, Getting Lost
13. Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto
By: Kōhei Saitō
3.91
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
"[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary p… read more
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14. Arrangements in Blue
By: Amy Key
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more
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- essays
15. The Life of the Mind
By: Christine Smallwood
3.28
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A witty, intelligent novel of an American woman on the edge, by a brilliant new voice in fiction--"… read more
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16. Wildful
By: Kengo Kurimoto
4.17
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Discover the magic of the wilderness in this breathtaking graphic novel reminiscent of The Secret G… read more
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17. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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- nonfiction
18. How to Be Normal
By: Phil Christman
4.10
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Building on themes explored in his first book—specifically the notion of normality, or banality, or… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- essays
- sociology
- self help
19. The Minotaur at Calle Lanza
By: Zito Madu
4.32
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
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"...the true absurdness of the world is in its pretense that so much of life is not ridiculous."-Zito Madu, The Minotaur at Calle Lanza
"It is not absurd that someone would become a bird under great stress. What is absurd is that so many people do not."-Zito Madu, The Minotaur at Calle Lanza
"...no matter where a home is - in Venice, New York, Paris, London, Lagos, Dakar - it becomes normal and standard once you've gone to the grocery store enough times."-Zito Madu, The Minotaur at Calle Lanza
20. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
By: Elle Reeve
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more
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- sociology
21. Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism (Activist Citizens' Library)
By: Shane Burley
4.58
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Journalists Shane Burley and Ben Lorber present a sorely-needed progressive and intersectional appr… read more
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