Starry Night: Van Gogh at the Asylum
By: Martin Bailey
4.52
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Starry Night is a fascinating, fully illustrated account of Van Gogh's time at the asylum in Saint-…
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1. This House of Grief
By: Helen Garner
3.00
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
On the evening of 4 September 2005, Robert Farquharson, a separated husband, was driving his three … read more
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- nonfiction
2. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Unknown , Christopher Tolkien
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Sir Gawain and the Green Knightand Pearlare two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. S… read more
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3. The Teaching of Buddha
By: None
4.03
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Anyone who has stayed in a hotel in Japan has probably seen a copy of The Teaching of Buddha. First… read more
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4. The Minds of Billy Milligan
By: Daniel Keyes
4.28
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Billy Milligan can be anyone he wants to be . . . except himself. Out of control of his actions… read more
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- mental illness
- nonfiction
- biography
"Rasa benci tidak mungkin sepenuhnya dibersihkan. Itulah hal yang harus kita terima, agar tetap punya sifat kuat dan agresif."-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
"By shutting out the real world we can live peacefully in ours. We know that a world without pain is a world without feeling… But a world without feeling is a world without pain."-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
"Chiudendo la porta sul mondo reale, potremo vivere in pace nel nostro. Sappiamo che un mondo senza dolore è un mondo senza sentimento... ma un mondo senza sentimento è un mondo senza dolore."-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
"Что важнее, расширять кругозор или демонстрировать чувства? Может, даже сам вопрос неверный, потому что у тебя чувств нет. Вероятно, если подавить их и жить исключительно логикой, можно стать выдающи…"-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
5. Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9)
By: Gregg Hurwitz
4.37
Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition
Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep und… read more
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6. The Chaos Agent (Gray Man #13)
By: Mark Greaney
4.48
Format: 556 pages, Kindle Edition
Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in th… read more
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7. Dinosaurs
By: Lydia Millet
3.88
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
A man named Gil walks from New York to Arizona to recover from a failed love. After he arrives, new… read more
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"They say those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, but don’t we all?"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"You gotta be a generalist, in the new climate. But that’s not enough either. If there’s too much poison around. We’re talking pesticides, mostly. Agrochemicals everywhere. Take the sparrows. So anywa…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"Good news. Maybe the insects would handle it. Since the dinosaurs didn’t have it in them. The insects might be naturals at revolution, with their hive minds. Their brainless, decentralized intelligen…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"And freedom, that sacred cow that was always invoked as an excuse for bad behavior, all manner of atrocity—what was it, even? They told you to love it, in the schools and the songs, but never said wh…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
8. Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out
By: Ryan Love
3.78
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
When 79-year-old Arthur Edwards gathers his family together to share some important news, no one is… read more
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9. The Crane Husband
By: Kelly Barnhill
3.88
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband, a raw, powerf… read more
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"Your mother doesn't know these things,"-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
"But Michael was only six. He should be worrying about learning how to tie his shoes, not about our mother’s checking account."-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
"I was, as I said, only nine. But my mother often spoke to me as though I were a peer rather than a child and expected me to understand things for which I did not yet have context. I didn’t know then …"-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
"My dad told me stories of weavers who stitched the world and spun fortunes and pulled on strings to change someone's fate. Was there a string I could pull to stop my father from dying? Was there a pa…"-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
10. Whale Fall
By: Elizabeth O'Connor
3.87
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more
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- historical
11. The Vanishing Triangle
By: Claire McGowan
3.42
Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of What You Did comes a true-crime investigation that cast a dark shado… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"Indifference can be fatal. Until we treat every case, every unsolved murder and every suspicious disappearance as equally important, we can’t hope to build up a true picture of what killers are doing…"-Claire McGowan, The Vanishing Triangle
12. Pearl
By: Siân Hughes
3.91
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
A haunting debut novel inspired by the medieval poem of the same name Marianne is eight years ol… read more
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13. The Final Year of Anne Boleyn
By: Natalie Grueninger
4.32
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
There are few women in English history more famous or controversial than Queen Anne Boleyn. She was… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"Try me good king, but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges… My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your grace’s d…"-Natalie Grueninger, The Final Year of Anne Boleyn
14. Pony
By: R.J. Palacio
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A story about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion, and a myst… read more
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- historical
"Even if we can’t see it, the sun never stops shining."-R.J. Palacio, Pony
15. This Way Out
By: Tufayel Ahmed
4.03
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
It’s time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you’re getting married (and gay)… read more
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"Love is a gift. Mariam's words stick with me. People are more concerned by what two men or two women do in bed than about love. Love is companionship, feeling content and safe in the arms of another …"-Tufayel Ahmed, This Way Out
16. The Stolen Twins
By: Shari J. Ryan
4.36
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Auschwitz, 1944: “You can’t leave me,” I whisper, my hand trembling as I reach for her cheek. “You … read more
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- historical
17. The Art of Darkness: A Treasury of the Morbid, Melancholic and Macabre
By: S. Elizabeth
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The Art of Darkness is a visually rich sourcebook featuring eclectic artworks from throughout histo… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
18. The Memory of Animals
By: Claire Fuller
3.61
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Our Endless Numbered Days, Swimming Lessons, Bitter Orange, and Un… read more
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"Humans are useless at learning from their mistakes. We just have to keep making new plans."-Claire Fuller, The Memory of Animals
19. The Book Swap
By: J.E. Rowney
3.38
Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition
Newly-separated Laura is back home living with her mum. She spends her days reading and escaping fr… read more
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20. Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
By: Travis Elborough
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Imagine what the world once looked like as you discover places that have disappeared from modern at… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"But deserts, even the driest and least inviting to animals and plants, contain subtle multitudes. And rather like silences (outside of vacuums) and as John Cage demonstrated with his famous 4'33" pie…"-Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
"Still, while the Old Testament God of Genesis might well have used the sixth day of the week to create all the creatures that lived on dry land, in the contemporary epoch Fridays, surely, are more re…"-Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
21. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
By: Amanda Leduc
4.09
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
In fairy tales, happy endings are the norm—as long as you're beautiful and walk on two legs. After … read more
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- nonfiction
"...I am struck by how these pitiers unknowingly give voice to the deepest of truths: they cannot imagine this kind of life."-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
" It's so good of you to love them. The Beast, Shrek, the Ugly Duckling and eventual swan. The woman in the wheel chair, the main who wears the mask. I could never do that. And if you do it, that mean…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
"Most importantly, it's a message that assumes absolute and unrealistic able-bodiedness. No one with glasses. No crutches, no wheelchairs, no visible differences from girl to girl apart from the colou…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
"If society is used to not seeing disabled people in stories, society becomes used to not seeing disabled people in real life. If society is used to not seeing disabled people in real life, society wi…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
22. Where Darkness Blooms
By: Andrea Hannah
3.48
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Andrea Hannah's Where Darkness Blooms is a supernatural thriller about an eerie town where the sunf… read more
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23. Goddess Crown
By: Shade Lapite
3.60
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In this thrilling Afro-fantasy, the first set in the lush, opulent kingdom of Galla, a girl raised … read more
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24. Pride & Puppies (Pine Hollow, #4)
By: Lizzie Shane
3.62
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Struggling to find her modern-day Mr. Darcy, a Jane Austen fan gets more than she bargained for whe… read more
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25. The Gravity of Existence
By: Christina Sng
3.20
Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition
A collection of tiny terrors from Bram Stoker Award ® winner Christina Sng. The Gravity of Existenc… read more
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26. Vincent van Gogh: A Life in Letters
By: Nienke Bakker
4.37
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable selection covering all aspects of Vincent van Gogh’s life and offering valuable new in… read more
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- art
- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
27. Starry Night: Van Gogh at the Asylum
By: Martin Bailey
4.52
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Starry Night is a fascinating, fully illustrated account of Van Gogh's time at the asylum in Saint-… read more
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- art
- art history
- biography
- history
- historical
- art and photography
- mental illness
- nonfiction
28. Letters from Provence
By: Vincent van Gogh
4.28
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Moving story of Van Gogjs last years through his own words and pictures read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
29. 365 Gays of the Year (Plus 1 for a Leap Year): Discover LGBTQ+ history one day at a time
By: Lewis Laney
4.18
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK DESIGN AND PRODUCTION AWARDS 2023* A fun and fascinating compend… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
30. Graves of the Great & Famous: From Jane Austen to Elvis Presley
By: Alastair Horne
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Arranged thematically into 75 entries, Graves of the Great & Famous tours the world exploring the r… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
31. Colors of Art: The Story of Art in 80 Palettes
By: Chloë Ashby
4.44
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Colors of Art takes the reader on a journey through history via 80 carefully curated artworks and t… read more
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- art
- history
- nonfiction
