Behind the Scenes of Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.33
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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1. Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
By: Colm Tóibín
3.72
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and… read more
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- historical fiction
"Some people are nice and if you talk to them properly, they can be even nicer."-Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
"And she wondered then if she herself were the problem reading malice into motives when there was none intended"-Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
"It struck her that he might have told no one, not even his brothers, how he felt, and she thought how lonely that might have been for him."-Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
"She thought it was strange that the mere sensation of savouring the prospect of something could make her think for a while that is must be the prospect of home."-Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
2. Little Beach Street Bakery (Little Beach Street Bakery, #1)
By: Jenny Colgan
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Polly Waterford is recovering from a toxic relationship. Unable to afford their flat, she has to mo… read more
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"She is resisting the Internet idea...because she doesn't want to one day tell her children that she posted an ad on the Internet, interviewed twenty-five hopeful candidates, and finally their father …"-Jenny Colgan, Little Beach Street Bakery (Little Beach Street Bakery, #1)
"Det var en underbart vacker kväll. Insekterna surrade och dansade över ängarna, strålkastarljuset fångade in dem när motorcykeln svängde i kurvorna. Himlen var violett och ofantlig och stjärnorna bör…"-Jenny Colgan, Little Beach Street Bakery (Little Beach Street Bakery, #1)
3. The Room on Rue Amelie
By: Kristin Harmel
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this powerful nov… read more
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- historical fiction
"I am not sure about anything. But if we don’t have hope, we don’t have anything."-Kristin Harmel, The Room on Rue Amelie
4. The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success
By: Andy Andrews
4.27
Format: 637 pages, Paperback
"The Traveler's Gifteffectively combines self-help with fiction . . . sustaining momentumwhile simu… read more
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5. Leota's Garden
By: Francine Rivers
3.87
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Leota's garden was once a place of beauty, where flowers bloomed and hope thrived. It was her refug… read more
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6. Fever 1793
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
3.38
Format: None pages,
It's late summer 1793, and the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of feve… read more
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7. As Bright as Heaven
By: Susan Meissner
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Lifeand A Bridge Across the Oceancomes a new nove… read more
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8. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.93
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic… read more
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"The love of knowledge is a kind of madness."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
"There I drank life because death was in the pool. That was the best of drinks save one."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
"And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
9. Catching the Wind
By: Melanie Dobson
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
What happened to Brigitte Berthold? That question has haunted Daniel Knight since he was thirteen, … read more
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10. The Shell Seekers
By: Rosamunde Pilcher
3.87
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
The Shell Seekersis a novel of connection: of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that h… read more
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11. Through Gates of Splendor
By: Elisabeth Elliot
3.37
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
In 1956, five young men, including Elliot's husband, Jim, traveled into the jungles of Ecuador to e… read more
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12. Look on the Bright Side
By: Kristan Higgins
4.25
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unex… read more
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13. My Dear Hamilton
By: Stephanie Dray
4.30
Format: 652 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eli… read more
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- historical fiction
"I was someone before I met Alexander Hamilton" ~ Betsy Schuyler"-Stephanie Dray, My Dear Hamilton
"The promise of liberty is not written in blood or engraved in stone, it's embroidered into the fabric of our nation."-Stephanie Dray, My Dear Hamilton
"What a high-minded thing revolution had seemed when it started; but now I wondered if, in trying to bring about liberty, we’d instead opened the gates of endless war, bloodshed, and immorality."-Stephanie Dray, My Dear Hamilton
"I could hear no more. I couldn't see, couldn't think, couldn't speak. This couldn't be happening again. How could it possibly be happening again? Was I, like my eldest daughter, caught in some delusi…"-Stephanie Dray, My Dear Hamilton
14. Only the Beautiful
By: Susan Meissner
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more
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- historical fiction
15. The Winemaker's Wife
By: Kristin Harmel
4.22
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
The author of the engrossing international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving … read more
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- historical fiction
16. Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again
By: Lysa TerKeurst
4.16
Format: 288 pages, ebook
*#1 New York Times Bestseller* You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have do… read more
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17. Agent 355
By: Marie Benedict
3.73
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more
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- historical fiction
18. Suffering is Never for Nothing
By: Elisabeth Elliot
4.68
Format: 108 pages, Hardcover
Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has t… read more
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"Faith is not a feeling. Faith is willed obedience in action."-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"The love of God is not a sentiment. It is a willed and inexorable love that will command nothing less than the very best for us. The love of God wills our joy. I think of the love of God as being syn…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"It’s He who was the Word before the foundation of the world, suffering as a lamb slain. And He has a lot up His sleeve that you and I haven’t the slightest idea about now. He’s told us enough so that…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"We are not adrift in chaos. To me that is the most fortifying, the most stabilizing, the most peace-giving thing that I know about anything in the universe. Every time that things have seemingly fall…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
19. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
By: Paul Newman
3.89
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more
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20. Becoming Madam Secretary
By: Stephanie Dray
4.45
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more
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- historical fiction
21. Lady Clementine
By: Marie Benedict
3.83
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
From Marie Benedict, the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room, comes an … read more
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- historical fiction
"Political wives are seldom seen and rarely heard."-Marie Benedict, Lady Clementine
"The risks of the conflict never overwhelmed me, only the fear of marginalization."-Marie Benedict, Lady Clementine
"I simply recall a dark hollow within me into which I crawled when the anxiety overwhelmed."-Marie Benedict, Lady Clementine
"In comparison to them and countless others, I had no right to suffer. But suffering came whether or not I was worthy."-Marie Benedict, Lady Clementine
22. Lulu's Cafe
By: T.I. Lowe
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When a damaged young woman is given a chance to reclaim her life in a small South Carolina town, sh… read more
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23. Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years
By: Ellen Vaughn
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a remote Amazonian indigenous pe… read more
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24. Under the Magnolias
By: T.I. Lowe
4.24
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This night not only marked the end to the drought, but also the end to the long-held secret we'd ke… read more
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- historical fiction
25. Live Your Truth and Other Lies: Exposing Popular Deceptions That Make Us Anxious, Exhausted, and Self-Obsessed
By: Alisa Childers
4.45
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Are you tired of feeling like you have to check social media to find out what you're supposed to th… read more
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26. The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully
By: Morrie Schwartz
3.49
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
*May Book Club Pick by Longevity Book Club "Beautiful…Those lucky enough to read this book will be … read more
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"Discovering the truth is not a simple matter. There are many sides and layers of truth. There are many complexities, mixtures, and contradictions. There may be only partial truths, not exclusive or u…"-Morrie Schwartz, The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully
27. The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
By: Rachel Linden
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to li… read more
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"You don't need magic to change your life. You just need to follow your bliss as best you can."-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
"Whatever you do, keep following your bliss. Be honest. Pay attention. Seek joy. That is the key to unlocking your destiny."-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
"...we must be emptied of that which fills us that we may be filled with those things which we are lacking. [ST. AUGUSTINE, paraphrase by Gertrude Lund]"-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
"My life is a lemon. I faced the truth afresh, bent over a cold stainless-steel mixing bowl, whipping egg whites and sugar into stiff French meringue peaks."-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
28. After We Were Stolen
By: Brooke Beyfuss
3.93
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
An emotionally wrought debut novel perfect for book clubs about a girl who escapes from a cult afte… read more
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29. The Orphans of Mersea House
By: Marty Wingate
3.92
Format: None pages, Audiobook
In the tradition of Kristin Harmel and Elise Hooper, USA Today bestseller Marty Wingate transports … read more
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30. A Widow's Journey: Reflections on Walking Alone
By: Gayle Roper
4.52
Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition
Have you recently lost your husband? Are there days when you feel so terribly alone—and that no one… read more
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31. Behind the Scenes of Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.33
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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