Sit, Walk, Don't Talk: How I Survived a Silent Meditation Retreat
By: Jennifer Howd
3.76
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Jennifer Howd had been building a mindfulness practice for a few years before taking on the challen…
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1. Love Is a Mix Tape
By: Rob Sheffield
3.94
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning memoir, Rob Sheffield, a veteran rock and pop culture critic and staff writer for … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
2. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: Guidance on the Path to Mindfulness from a Spiritual Leader
By: Chi-Young Kim , Haemin Sunim , Youngcheol Lee
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about the importance of slowing down in ou… read more
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- nonfiction
3. Dog Songs
By: None , Mary Oliver
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Mary Oliver's Dog Songsis a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood th… read more
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4. Why I Wake Early
By: Mary Oliver
3.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
The forty-seven new works in this volume include poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snak… read more
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5. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A philosopher dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness Peter Godfrey-Smith is … read more
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6. Autopilot: The Art & Science of Doing Nothing
By: Andrew Smart
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Andrew Smart wants you to sit and do nothing much more often - and he has the science to explain w… read more
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7. The Road to Roswell
By: Connie Willis
3.74
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are … read more
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8. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
By: Katherine May
3.86
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knoc… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"The problem with “everything"-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"Much to my regret, I have yet to befriend a robin."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"The only thing breaking me was pretending to be like everyone else."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"You need to live a life that you can cope with, not the one that other people want."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
9. The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)
By: A.M. Shine
3.93
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different… read more
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"Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory."-A.M. Shine, The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)
10. Everything Sad Is Untrue
By: Daniel Nayeri
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Da… read more
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"Every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"I won't tell you about her yet, because sometimes love has to be kept secret. If other people find out, they will attack it."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Sometimes you just want somebody to look at a thing with you and say, "Yes. That is a thing you're looking at. You haven't lied to yourself."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Maybe there’s a lot more to it---maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
11. Sulwe
By: Lupita Nyong'o
4.66
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestseller! From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful,… read more
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"Mama asked, "What is your name?" "Sulwe," she muttered. "And what doe sit mean?" "Star," Sulwe whispered. "Brightness is not in your skin, my love. Brightness is just who you are. As for beauty," Mam…"-Lupita Nyong'o, Sulwe
12. Time Is a Mother
By: Ocean Vuong
3.94
Format: 114 pages, Hardcover
In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershoc… read more
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13. Rez Dogs
By: Joseph Bruchac
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more
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"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs
14. These Precious Days: Essays
By: Ann Patchett
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"It is possible to love someone with all your heart and still know your union would never have survived having children together."-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"The future is not one thing. So many possibilities can arise as a result of intelligence, education, curiosity, and hard work. No one ever told me that, and I'm sorry it took this long for me to figu…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"People want you to want what they want. If you want the same things they want, then their want is validated. If you don’t want the same things, your lack of wanting can, to certain people, come acros…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"Without ever meaning to, my father taught me at a very early age to give up on the idea of approval. I wish I could bottle that freedom now and give it to every young writer I meet, with an extra bot…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
15. Clap When You Land
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.24
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times … read more
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"Who knew death must be so damn polite?"-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
"All these lies that we've all swallowed, they're probably rotting in our stomachs."-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
"A queen offers her hand to be kissed, & can form it into a fist while smiling the whole damn time."-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
"I have my fingerprints all over you. & I don't need the world to see them to know that they're there."-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
16. Chef's Kiss
By: Jarrett Melendez
3.96
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something... anything... related to his pa… read more
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17. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
By: Tricia Hersey
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more
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- nonfiction
18. Velvet Was the Night
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.51
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who spends her life seeking… read more
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"He walked and let the rain kiss him."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"In the end, you either fight or lie down to be trampled."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"Cinderellas, dreaming. Maite dreamed too, but nothing came of it."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"He didn't know what the words meant, but he knew what they sounded like: it was the sound of sadness."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
19. Flying Solo
By: Linda Holmes
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Smarting from her recently cancelled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to he… read more
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"You don't have to be single to be independent. And you don't have to be married to be loved."-Linda Holmes, Flying Solo
20. The Dinner
By: Herman Koch
3.21
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Alternate cover edition can be found here An internationally bestselling phenomenon: the darkly … read more
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"Non bisogna sempre sapere tutto l’uno dell’altro. I segreti non ostacolano la felicità"-Herman Koch, The Dinner
"When people get a chance to come close to death without having it touch them personally, they never miss the opportunity."-Herman Koch, The Dinner
"Ik dacht aan de tijd, de verstrijkende tijd om precies te zijn, hoe onmetelijk, hoe onafzienbaar, hoe lang en donker en leeg één uur kan zijn. Wie zo denkt heeft helemaal geen lichtjaren nodig."-Herman Koch, The Dinner
"You sometimes hear about people who have lost their sense of smell and taste: for those people, a plate of the most delicious food means nothing at all. That was how I looked at life sometimes, as a …"-Herman Koch, The Dinner
21. The Electricity of Every Living Thing
By: Katherine May
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A life-affirming and perspective-shifting memoir of one woman's walk in the wilds as she comes to t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Perhaps he has just never been at the wrong end of a dead-eyed bombardment of boy-band facts from a particularly obsessed teenage girl."-Katherine May, The Electricity of Every Living Thing
22. The Haunting of Maddy Clare
By: Simone St. James
3.86
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
A woman of limited means and even less experience must confront a vengeful spirit in this haunting … read more
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"There are large moments in life; but sometimes it is the small moments - the casual moments - that change everything. The second's absent wandering of attention before an accident. The choice to take…"-Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare
"I was struck again by the deep quiet of the countryside, the absence of any human sounds; my mind still expected the clamor of cars, voices, all the clatter of nonstop human movement. Here was only t…"-Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare
23. How to Read a Book
By: Monica Wood
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more
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"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book
24. The Lonely Hearts Book Club
By: Lucy Gilmore
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never … read more
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"Everywhere I looked was honesty and love. Love most of all."-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club
"They became a love letter of words and sentiment--and one that was addressed entirely to me."-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club
"We could only choose which path to take to our destination. What happened along the way was entirely up to chance."-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club
"More than anything, kuds need to know they have a soft spot to land. Your Bella? She knows. She'll know it until the day she dies."-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club
25. Fifty Words for Rain
By: Asha Lemmie
3.88
Format: 449 pages, Hardcover
From debut author Asha Lemmie, a sweeping, heartrending coming-of-age novel about a young woman's q… read more
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"Nori ebbe un attimo di esitazione. Aveva solo qualche secondo. Non le veniva in mente niente da dire a quella donna. Erano una puttana e la sua signora, una principessa decaduta e una pezzente arricc…"-Asha Lemmie, Fifty Words for Rain
26. When Women Were Dragons
By: Kelly Barnhill
3.85
Format: 367 pages, Paperback
A rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transfo… read more
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"The dragons did not go away."-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
"The work of storytelling requires a person to remain in a state of brutal vulnerability and punishing empathy. We feel everything. It tears us apart. We could not do this work without people in our l…"-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
"There's very little we can control in this life. All we can do is accept whatever comes, learn what we can, and hang onto what we love. And that's it. In the end, the only thing you can hope to contr…"-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
"Instead, they drew dragons. Big dragons, tiny dragons. Dragons destroying skyscrapers and dragons swimming with whales and dragons dancing on the head of a pin and dragons skidding down one arm of th…"-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
27. The First Blade of Sweetgrass
By: Suzanne Greenlaw
4.14
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Musquon must overcome her impatience while learning to distinguish sweetgrass from other salt marsh… read more
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28. Sit, Walk, Don't Talk: How I Survived a Silent Meditation Retreat
By: Jennifer Howd
3.76
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Jennifer Howd had been building a mindfulness practice for a few years before taking on the challen… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
