Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
By: Schneur Zalman Newfield
4.36
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Those who exit a religion—particularly one they were born and raised in—often find themselves at se…
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1. Bream Gives Me Hiccups
By: Jesse Eisenberg
3.50
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
"Eisenberg is truly a talented writer. . . Hilarious and poignant."--Entertainment Weekly Bream Giv… read more
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"Lies are for adults who are sad in their lives."-Jesse Eisenberg, Bream Gives Me Hiccups
"And I wanted to ask her if she only took me around so that Dad would pay for her but I already knew the answer: Mom took me around because she needed me. Because going through a hard life with someon…"-Jesse Eisenberg, Bream Gives Me Hiccups
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By: Junot Díaz
3.89
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghet… read more
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"You can't regret the life you didn't lead."-Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
"Like they say: los que menos corren, vuelan."-Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
"It's never the changes we want that change everything."-Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
"I might have no one in the world, but at least I’m free."-Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
3. Unaccustomed Earth
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Eight stories--longer and more emotionally complex than any Lahiri has yet written--that take us fr… read more
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4. Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
By: Octavia E. Butler
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey tow… read more
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5. Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey between Genders
By: Joy Ladin
4.24
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Professor Jay Ladin made headlines around the world when, after years of teaching literature at Yes… read more
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6. How to Raise a Jewish Dog
By: Ellis Weiner , Barbara Davilman , Rabbis of Boca Raton Theological Seminary
4.50
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Questions to Ask a Breeder: 1. What kind of job is this, growing dogs? 2. Are these dogs nice? I me… read more
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7. Exodus
By: Deborah Feldman
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Deborah Feldman, author of the explosive New York Times- bestselling memoir Unorthodox, returns wit… read more
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8. Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels
By: Hella Winston
4.48
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Honorable Mention in the 2012 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism When Hella Winston began talk… read more
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9. Here and There: Leaving Hasidism, Keeping My Family
By: Chaya Deitsch
3.50
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt and inspiring personal account of a woman raised as a Lubavitcher Hasid who leaves that… read more
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10. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones’ Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant
By: Margareta Magnusson
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
Funny, wise, and deeply practical, Swedish artist Margareta Magnusson offers advice on how to declu… read more
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11. Disobedience
By: Naomi Alderman
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers A small, close-knit Orthodox Jewish community in London i… read more
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12. Erasure
By: Percival Everett
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more
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13. Foster
By: Claire Keegan
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when s… read more
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14. The Price of Salt, or Carol
By: Patricia Highsmith , Claire Morgan
4.02
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Patricia Highsmith's story of sexual obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely … read more
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"She hated cleaning up after making something."-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
"Love was supposed to be a kind of blissful insanity."-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
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"What else mattered except being with Carol, anywhere, anyhow?"-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
15. The Eyes and the Impossible
By: Dave Eggers
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more
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"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
16. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
By: Olga Tokarczuk
3.95
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating … read more
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"To wielka tajemnica, że każde wyzwanie uruchamia w nas prawdziwie żywotne siły"-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
"A man's free to do what he wants with his life, until he falls foul of the banks."-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
"There are some things we may not understand, but we can sense them perfectly well."-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
"The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding."-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
17. Fleishman Is in Trouble
By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
3.64
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
Recently separated Toby Fleishman is suddenly, somehow – and at age forty-one, short as ever – surr… read more
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"I went back to the bench and lit a cigarette and inhaled, the smoke entering my body and filling it with poison, with something."-Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble
"They became sophisticated in a way that she wasn’t-in a way she’d never be because sophistication is either your first language or you always have an accent in it."-Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble
"I didn’t like the dark matter part. I feel like you can’t just decide something must exist because everything’s reacting to it. You can’t just give it a name and hope it’s true."-Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble
"He understood divorce in a macro way, of course. But he had not yet adjusted to it in a micro way, in the other-side-of-the-bed-being-empty way, in the nobody-to-tell-you-were-running-late way, in th…"-Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble
18. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
By: Maria Bamford
3.77
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more
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19. Leslie F*cking Jones
By: Leslie Jones
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more
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"Dad"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
20. Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
By: Jessica Fern
4.40
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate se… read more
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"A child with a secure attachment style will likely grow up into an adult who feels worthy of love and seeks to create meaningful, healthy relationships with people who are physically and emotionally …"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"Commitment can be expressed in many ways. Traditionally it is solidified through marriage, owning property, having kids or wearing certain types of jewelry, but legal, domestic, or ornamental underta…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"When someone with a dismissive style starts to work on healing their insecure attachment, they must begin by no longer dismissing and distancing from themselves. This requires that they no longer den…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"Approximately 15 to 20 percent of the population has a nervous system wired to be more sensitive. These people are more attuned to the subtleties of their environment and process that information muc…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
21. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
By: Amanda Montell
3.85
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultis… read more
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"Without language, there are no "cults"."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"Some say people who join cults are “lost."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"With words, we breathe reality into being."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"The nimble direct sales industry always finds a way to reinvent itself - the capitalist cockroach that just won't stop reincarnating."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
22. Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
By: Joe Coulombe
3.46
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Build an iconic shopping experience that your customers love—and a work environment that your emplo… read more
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23. Rememberings
By: Sinéad O'Connor
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICONSinéad O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made he… read more
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"When one lives with the Devil one finds out there's a God."-Sinéad O'Connor, Rememberings
24. The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
By: Maria Smilios
4.33
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remar… read more
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"Missouria took in Mr. Morris’s information and this system of demarcating lives. Maps and lines had defined her entire life. They were drawn throughout history, straightened, elongated, bent up and d…"-Maria Smilios, The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
25. How to Stand Up to a Dictator
By: Maria Ressa
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. Bu… read more
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26. What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
By: Aubrey Gordon
4.41
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
From the creator of Your Fat Friend, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias faci… read more
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27. The Golem of Brooklyn
By: Adam Mansbach
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated t… read more
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28. A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg
By: Nathaniel Deutsch
4.11
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
The epic story of Satmar Hasidic Williamsburg, from the decline of New York to the gentrification o… read more
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29. Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
By: Schneur Zalman Newfield
4.36
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Those who exit a religion—particularly one they were born and raised in—often find themselves at se… read more
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30. The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America
By: Sandra Fox
3.74
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
In the decades directly following the Holocaust, American Jewish leaders anxiously debated how to p… read more
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31. Feh: A Memoir
By: Shalom Auslander
4.12
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Foreskin’s Lament , a memoir of the author’s attempt to escape the bib… read more
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