Nellie McClung
By: Charlotte Gray
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Feminist, politician, and social activist, Nellie McClung altered Canada's political landscape, lea…
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1. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
By: Malcolm Gladwell
3.97
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
In his #1 bestselling books The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell has explored t… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"It's challenging, it's not hopeless. You have to come up with something. You have to figure out a way to help them, because people must have hope to live."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"Much of what we consider valuable in our world arises out of (these) one-sided conflicts. Because the act of facing overwhelming odds, produces greatness and beauty."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"A woman who walks away from the promise of power finds the strength to forgive – and saves her friendship, her marriage, and her sanity. The world is turned upside down."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
2. Wildflower
By: Drew Barrymore
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges,… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
"You can be a warrior and be full of grace and class."-Drew Barrymore, Wildflower
"He is so wonderful. And he is door number one. And I know it. And he’s right here."-Drew Barrymore, Wildflower
"Well, I think to myself now, domestic bliss may be one thing, but domestic goddess you are not."-Drew Barrymore, Wildflower
"The house is chaos sometimes when the dogs are trying to eat the kids' food or jumping into the tub with them. But it's worth it. Life with dogs is better."-Drew Barrymore, Wildflower
3. Tess of the D’Urbervilles
By: Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet
3.83
Format: 518 pages, Paperback
Alternate covers can be found here and here. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty t… read more
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"Bless thy simplicity, Tess"-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
"One thing he certainly was— sincere."-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
"The roof was a gymnasium for the winds"-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
"Tess was carried along the wings of the hours"-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
4. The Feast
By: Margaret Kennedy
3.93
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Initially was published in a shortened form in a 1949 Ladies Home Journal magazine under the title … read more
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- 20th century
"She writes this biographical fiction, or fictional biography, whichever you like to call it. She takes some juicy scandal from the life of a famous person, and writes a novel round it. Any facts that…"-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast
"MYSELF: You have never understood. My integrity means more to me than happiness. CHRISTINA: You have none. There is no such thing. You are not a whole person. Nobody is. We are members one of another…"-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast
"[W]hen she was dying she asked me to promise never to leave Father. I couldn't refuse. It was the last thing she said. She was worried over what would happen to him. So you see!' 'How could she conde…"-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast
"What kind of books do you like?' 'I like books about nice people. And a story where it all comes out right in the end.' 'But Nancibel, that's not true to life.' 'I daresay not. Why should it be?' 'Yo…"-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast
5. The Flight Attendant
By: Chris Bohjalian
3.63
Format: 416 pages,
Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airli… read more
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6. Winter Solstice
By: Rosamunde Pilcher
3.91
Format: 337 pages, Paperback
Her captivating bestseller of loss and the healing power of love now re-issued with a stunning new … read more
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7. Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
By: Frank McCourt
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding humor and compassion. This is a glorious book … read more
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8. The Blind Assassin
By: Margaret Atwood
5.00
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling novel that unfolds layer… read more
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9. Frederica
By: Georgette Heyer
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
LONDON IN "THE SEASON" Frederica Merriville and her three siblings have come to London for the glit… read more
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10. Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison
By: Mike Sorrentino
4.32
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino gives fans the inside scoop they’ve been begging for with his explo… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
11. Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
By: Sarah Polley
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores me… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
- canada
"His love was all around the edges, but sometimes it was hard for both of us to see, I think."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"The past was affecting how I moved through the world, while present life was affecting how the past moved through me."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"The past and present, I have come to realize, are in constant dialogue, acting upon one another in a kind of reciprocal pressure dance."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"It can seem perplexing from the outside, this pull that many women experience to make things better for those who have hurt us. The impulse to smooth things over the keep ourselves safe..."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
12. Meet Me at the Museum
By: Anne Youngson
3.93
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Please be aware I am writing to you to make sense of myself ... When the curator of a Danish mus… read more
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"Our letters have meant so much to us because we have both arrived at the same point in our lives. More behind us than ahead of us."-Anne Youngson, Meet Me at the Museum
13. Fight Night
By: Miriam Toews
4.04
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
The beloved author of bestsellers Women Talking, A Complicated Kindness, and All My Puny Sorrows r… read more
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- feminism
- canada
"She (mom) yelled from upstairs, Those are books that help me to live! Those books are my life! Get down here! I yelled back. I'm your goddamn life!"-Miriam Toews, Fight Night
14. Five Little Indians
By: Michelle Good
4.48
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential sch… read more
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- canada
15. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
By: Jodi Kantor
4.35
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
For many years, reporters had tried to get to the truth about Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
"Positive reputation management. I Googled your name, and a few obnoxious articles popu up. I work with the leading reputation management company that can backlink to the positive articles to make a "…"-Jodi Kantor, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
16. The Jane Austen Society
By: Natalie Jenner
3.74
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
2020 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel! Just after the S… read more
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"Saved by Jane Austen"-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society
"But one can always read Austen."-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society
"You read too much. You read her to much."-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society
"Reading, she now understood, had been her own choice of rebellion."-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society
17. Butter Honey Pig Bread
By: Francesca Ekwuyasi
4.31
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tel… read more
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- canada
"Death is only a doorway."-Francesca Ekwuyasi, Butter Honey Pig Bread
18. The Blue Sapphire
By: D.E. Stevenson
4.15
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
The blue sapphire is the gem which the Ancients called the hyacinthus and which Solinus described a… read more
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- 20th century
19. State of Terror
By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
4.09
Format: 495 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 bestselling authors Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny comes a novel of unsurpassed thril… read more
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20. The Secret Keeper
By: Genevieve Graham
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more
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- canada
21. The Sleeping Car Porter
By: Suzette Mayr
3.46
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more
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- canada
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
22. Bloomsbury Girls
By: Natalie Jenner
3.86
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
The internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society returns with a compelling and hea… read more
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"As her eyes met his, Grace took strength in that feeling of understanding, which she now knew to be another form of love. Being understood, appreciated, and not judged: these, surely, were the corner…"-Natalie Jenner, Bloomsbury Girls
23. August Into Winter
By: Guy Vanderhaeghe
4.11
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The first novel in nearly a decade from the three-time Governor General's Award‒winning author of T… read more
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- canada
24. Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1)
By: A.J. Pearce
3.80
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
A charming, irresistible debut novel set in London during World War II about an adventurous young w… read more
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"Find out what you're good at...and then get even better. That's the key."-A.J. Pearce, Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1)
25. The Tuscan Secret
By: Angela Petch
4.20
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
Il Mulino. An old crumbling mill, by a winding river, nestled in the Tuscan mountains. An empty hom… read more
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26. The Mayfair Bookshop
By: Eliza Knight
3.74
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight brings together a brilliant dual-narrative story about Na… read more
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27. Mrs Van Gogh
By: Caroline Cauchi
3.83
Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition
She’s been painted out of history…until now Who tells her story? In 1890, Vincent Van Gogh di… read more
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28. Business as Usual
By: Jane Oliver
4.15
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Hilary Fane gets engaged to Basil and due to circumstances can't marry for a year. She decides to g… read more
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- 20th century
29. The Forgotten Home Child
By: Genevieve Graham
4.36
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The Home for Unwanted Girls meets Orphan Train in this unforgettable novel about a young girl caugh… read more
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- canada
30. Nellie McClung
By: Charlotte Gray
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Feminist, politician, and social activist, Nellie McClung altered Canada's political landscape, lea… read more
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- history
- biography
- canada
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- 20th century
31. When the World Fell Silent
By: Donna Jones Alward
4.39
Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition
A story of loss, hope and redemption against the most impossible odds. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. … read more
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- canada
