Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750-1950
By: Judith Walzer Leavitt
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Based on personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants, Brought to Bed reveals h…
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1. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
By: Janisse Ray
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound vacationers by th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
2. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
By: Ina May Gaskin
4.36
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you. Drawing upon her thirty-plus year… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet."-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body."-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physic…"-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nu…"-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
3. Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles, #4.5)
By: Marissa Meyer
4.23
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The enchantment continues.... The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories--and secrets--that… read more
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4. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more
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5. Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5)
By: Marissa Meyer
3.52
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning bridge book between Cressand Winterin the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Leva… read more
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6. A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
By: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history i… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
7. American Indian Stories
By: Zitkála-Šá , Susan Rose Dominguez , Gertrude Simmons Bonnin
3.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
American Indian Stories, first published in 1921, is a collection of childhood stories, allegorical… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
8. Stone Butch Blues
By: Leslie Feinberg
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Gold… read more
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9. Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us
By: Kate Bornstein
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to … read more
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- nonfiction
10. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
By: Anne Fadiman
3.91
Format: 2 pages,
Lia Lee was born in 1981 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epi… read more
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11. Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife's Story
By: Katherine Clark , None
3.20
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Born the fourteenth child in a family of sixteen, Onnie Lee Logan decided early that midwifery woul… read more
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12. Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)
By: Emma R. Alban
3.82
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from havin… read more
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13. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe
By: John Guy
4.16
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
14. For Her Consideration (Out in Hollywood, #1)
By: Amy Spalding
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Meryl Wilsner, a funny, heartwarming, and moving novel abou… read more
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15. Cleat Cute
By: Meryl Wilsner
3.77
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two socce… read more
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"Lesbian is important to me," Phoebe says. "The world likes to act like it's a porn category, not an identity. It took me a while to realize it wasn't. I want other girls like me to know it's a beauti…"-Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute
16. Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition Vol. 1
By: Koogi
3.86
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The Mature-rated Boys' Love horror webtoon from Lezhin that became a global manhwa hit! Get this ch… read more
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17. Melissa
By: Alex Gino
4.10
Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition
When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she… read more
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"Girl problems?"-Alex Gino, Melissa
"My dad’s cleaning!"-Alex Gino, Melissa
"Some of us take death very seriously."-Alex Gino, Melissa
"I still don’t see why I can’t just take the next bus,"-Alex Gino, Melissa
18. Mistakes Were Made
By: Meryl Wilsner
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
From the critically acclaimed author of Something To Talk About comes a sharp and sexy rom-com abou… read more
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19. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
By: Andrea Elliott
4.72
Format: 602 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, pov… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
".. they assume that intelligence is a pre-ordained trait, [...], their perceived destiny, which flows from another belief, that the poor are to blame for their condition. Poverty is the proof of defi…"-Andrea Elliott, Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
20. All Boys Aren’t Blue
By: George M. Johnson
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explor… read more
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- nonfiction
"History has an interesting way of painting."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"We are not as different as you think, and all our stories deserve to be celebrated and told."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
21. You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion
By: Meera Shah
4.45
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Moving, multifaceted, and deeply human...as eye-opening as it is compelling” —Cecile Richards, au… read more
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- medicine
- nonfiction
22. Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
By: Adiba Jaigirdar
4.09
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan—she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. Bu… read more
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"Sometimes I think that maybe I like guys more as a concept than a reality."-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
"Family is complicated, Hani. Everyone has a different relationship with their family."-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
"Right now, all men seem overwhelmingly unattractive - except the ones on the Netflix shows I watch."-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
"Sometimes I think that maybe I like guys more as a concept than a reality. And girls more as a reality than a concept."-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
23. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
24. She Drives Me Crazy
By: Kelly Quindlen
3.96
Format: 288 pages, ebook
High school nemeses fall in love in this queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and … read more
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"Because before you can worry about who’s in your passenger seat, you have to learn to drive yourself."-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
"People break our hearts, but they create more room in them first, and that room makes it possible for us to become more ourselves."-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
"She lays her hand along my jaw and kisses me like she means it, and I am breathless and weightless and dizzy at the very fact of her. Lips and tongue and teeth, her hair and her skin and her perfume,…"-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
"I’ve been where you are, Scottie. That kind of crazy, flesh-eating pain that consumes every part of you. I understand wanting to get back at them. Wanting their attention, even if it’s in a negative …"-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
25. Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)
By: Alexandria Bellefleur
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Following Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon, national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur… read more
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"Do you have somewhere you can stay?"-Alexandria Bellefleur, Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)
"You do realize I could be anybody, right?"-Alexandria Bellefleur, Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)
"The right person shouldnt complete you, they should love you the way you are. And it's cool if they make you want to be better, but they should never make you feel like you are too much or not enough…"-Alexandria Bellefleur, Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)
26. The Age of Witches
By: Louisa Morgan
3.92
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Harriet Bishop, descended from a long line of witches, uses magic to help women in need -- not only… read more
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"She was lost in the miasma of her own witchery."-Louisa Morgan, The Age of Witches
"She was wearing a day dress of apple-green pique with leg-of-mutton sleeves. Her waist was cinched so tightly Annis wondered how she could breathe."-Louisa Morgan, The Age of Witches
"You could be a titled lady. You won't have to do a jot of work your whole life!" "Not a jot of work?" She bit the words out, her temper frayed to a thread. "You mean, except breed?"-Louisa Morgan, The Age of Witches
"Alexander had been gone twenty-five years, but the passing of the decades had not diminished her grief. There was nothing like the pain of loss to teach a person that time was an illusion."-Louisa Morgan, The Age of Witches
27. The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
By: Kate Strasdin
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - to… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
28. White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
By: Ruby Hamad
4.56
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
This explosive book of history and cultural criticism argues that white feminism has been a weapon … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"This weaponization of White Womanhood continues to be the centerpiece of an arsenal used to maintain the status quo and punish anyone who dares challenge it."-Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
"White women can oscillate between their gender and their race, between being the oppressed and the oppressor. Women of color are never permitted to exist outside of these constraints: we are both wom…"-Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
"Yes, it is true women of color have been the targets of a setup of monumental proportions, something that amounts to nothing short of a covert war against us. But it is also true that these attacks a…"-Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
29. The Pairing
By: Casey McQuiston
3.90
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes… read more
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"Some people dye their hair when they go through a breakup. I got a bus."-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing
"This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted."-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing
"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I’m keeping him."-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing
"A love that’s ended is the only kind I can have, because I can’t possibly lose it."-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing
30. A Hundred Other Girls
By: Iman Hariri-Kia
2.90
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
For fans of The Devil Wears Prada and The Bold Type comes a smart, modern story about the shifting … read more
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31. Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750-1950
By: Judith Walzer Leavitt
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Based on personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants, Brought to Bed reveals h… read more
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- american history
- history
- history of medicine
- medicine
- nonfiction
- gender and sexuality
- science
