El Mesquite: A Story of the Early Spanish Settlements Between the Nueces and the Rio Grande
By: Elena Zamora O'Shea
3.77
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The open country of Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande was sparsely settled through …
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1. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
By: Joan Didion
4.19
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
The first nonfiction work by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era, Joan Didion's S… read more
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"Happiness is,' after all, a consumption ethic."-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
"There is a common superstition that “self-respect"-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
"The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language."-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
"The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past."-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
2. Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir
By: Deborah A. Miranda
4.26
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
This book leads readers through a troubled past using the author's family circle as a touch point a… read more
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3. The Next Scott Nadelson: A Life in Progress
By: Scott Nadelson
4.10
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Beginning in the summer of 2004, Scott Nadelson’s life fell apart. His fiancée left him a month bef… read more
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4. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
5. Song of Solomon
By: Toni Morrison
4.14
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain… read more
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- historical fiction
"Her passions were narrow but deep."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"He can't value you more than you value yourself."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"You got a life? Live it! Live the motherfuckin' life!"-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
6. The Volcano Lover
By: Susan Sontag
3.64
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Set in 18th century Naples, based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, a… read more
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- historical fiction
"To travel is to shop."-Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover
"Desire wills its perpetuation ad infinitum."-Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover
"How much self-love comes in the guise of selfless devotion!"-Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover
"With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven."-Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover
7. 20th Century Ghosts
By: Christopher Golden , Joe Hill
3.65
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A collection of short stories. Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and kno… read more
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8. Bless Me, Ultima
By: Rudolfo Anaya
4.08
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima enters his life. She is a curandera, one who heals with … read more
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- historical fiction
9. As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more
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10. Oroonoko
By: Aphra Behn , Janet Todd
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, th… read more
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11. The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
By: Kay O'Neill
4.35
Format: 71 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charm… read more
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"when one feels displaced, it can take a while for the connections to grow."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
"los recuerdos no sólo viven en tu interior minette. Residen en toda la gente y objetos con los que compartes tu vida"-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
"Just because something comes easily to you, does not mean it has no value. You find it effortless because you love it, and that is why it is your gift."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
"everything that happens is part of your wholeness. the sadness, the loss, the hurt, as well as the joy, the love, the friendship -- it is all part of your tapestry .... remember that you are whole."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
12. Curandera
By: Carmen Tafolla
4.07
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
Featuring historic photos of the Chicano Movement in San Antonio and a new introduction, this is th… read more
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13. A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir
By: Daisy Hernández
4.15
Format: 447 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age memoir by a Colombian-Cuban woman about shaping lessons from home into a new, queer… read more
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14. Salvage the Bones
By: Jesmyn Ward
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for FictionA hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, … read more
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15. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)
By: Rebecca Thorne
3.82
Format: 388 pages, ebook
All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on eve… read more
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16. Passing
By: Nella Larsen
3.93
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
Nella Larsen's fascinating exploration of race and identity--the inspiration for the upcoming Netfl… read more
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- historical fiction
"Well, what of it? If sex isn’t a joke, what is it"-Nella Larsen, Passing
"Everything can't be explained by some general biological phrase."-Nella Larsen, Passing
"I think that being a mother is the cruellest thing in the world."-Nella Larsen, Passing
"It hurt. It hurt like hell. But it didn’t matter, if no one knew."-Nella Larsen, Passing
17. Unperfect
By: Susie Tate
4.06
Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition
When Mia shows up for the interview at a well-known architecture firm, she only has 27p, a squashed… read more
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18. Heart Berries
By: Terese Marie Mailhot
3.84
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian … read more
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"Pain expanded my heart."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
"You are such a home to me."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
"Romanticism requires bravery and risk."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
"Sometimes suicidality doesn’t seem dark; it seems fair."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
19. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- historical fiction
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
20. El Mesquite: A Story of the Early Spanish Settlements Between the Nueces and the Rio Grande
By: Elena Zamora O'Shea
3.77
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The open country of Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande was sparsely settled through … read more
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- historical fiction
- nature
- read for school
21. Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American
By: Jasminne Mendez
3.98
Format: 70 pages, Kindle Edition
Jasminne Mendez didn’t speak English when she started kindergarten, and her young, white teacher th… read more
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