The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
By: James Ijames
4.04
Format: 63 pages, Paperback
The recently-widowed “Mother of America” lies helpless in her Mount Vernon bed, ravaged by illness …
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1. Julius Caesar
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill
3.70
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more
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"Et tu, Brute?"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Beware the ides of March."-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
2. Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)
By: Sylvain Neuvel
5.00
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls th… read more
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3. Arcadia
By: Tom Stoppard
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Arcadiatakes us back and forth between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging over the nat… read more
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4. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
By: Tony Kushner
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993. The first part of Tony Kushner's epic drama of America in th… read more
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5. Fences (The Century Cycle #6)
By: August Wilson
4.23
Format: 690 pages,
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture directed by Denzel Washington, and starring Denzel Washington and… read more
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6. No Exit
By: Jean-Paul Sartre
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Jean-Paul Sartre, the great French existentialist, displays his mastery of drama in NO EXIT, an unf… read more
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7. The Winter's Tale
By: William Shakespeare
4.75
Format: 14 pages, Paperback
The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emph… read more
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8. Othello
By: William Shakespeare
4.48
Format: None pages,
In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (betwee… read more
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9. 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater
By: Sarah Ruhl
3.64
Format: 211 pages,
Sarah Ruhl is a mother of three and one of America's best-known playwrights. She has written a stun… read more
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10. The House of Mirth
By: Edith Wharton , Nina Bawden
4.05
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
First published in 1905, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, p… read more
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11. Beloved
By: Toni Morrison
4.24
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a … read more
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12. My Name Is Barbra
By: Barbra Streisand
4.20
Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more
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"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
13. Our Share of Night
By: Mariana Enríquez
4.28
Format: 588 pages, Hardcover
A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family. … read more
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"Los fantasmas son reales. Y no siempre vienen los que uno llama."-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
"They sought me out, here I am. I don’t know how to let go of the dead."-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
"Nothing can hurt you now, how long was now, how long did the present last?"-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
"Detestaba cuando la gente se reía de esas fiestas donde la gente trataba de ser feliz."-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
14. Chain-Gang All-Stars
By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
4.14
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far… read more
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"They were all humans, and yet they had completely different ideas about what humanity meant."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"My brother-in-law is an alien. I have a bunch of alien friends. I can't be racist," Randy Mac continued."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"An absurd thing for the murderous state to plead for, but, as always, the massive violence of the state was “justice,"-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"...despite how hard it was, she wasn't afraid with love. She knew how to wield it, how to grow it, and how to receive it."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
15. Heroes of the Fourth Turning
By: Will Arbery
4.03
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
It's nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-… read more
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16. The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
By: Sonya Renee Taylor
4.23
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
A global movement guided by love. Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of bel… read more
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"There is gorgeous potential and heinous instinct in us all."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a "normal."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"The most powerful antidote to a world of body terrorism is a world of compassion. Giving yourself the gift of grace is an act of revolution!"-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"Systems do not maintain themselves; even our lack of intervention is an act of maintenance. Every structure in every society is upheld by the active and passive assistance of other human beings."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
17. Nevada
By: Imogen Binnie
3.97
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
A beloved and blistering cult classic and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fi… read more
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"James does what anybody would do when they see somebody they'd like to know: he ignores the shit out of her."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"It's like I got drunk all the time not because I'm a total addict but because it was a coping mechanism to deal with being unhappy"-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"Oh, Williamsburg. There was a point when you seemed like a scary, tough neighborhood, but now it's obvious that the graffiti on your walls gets put there by art students."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"Eventually you can't help but figure out that, while gender is a construct, so is a traffic light, and if you ignore either of them, you get hit by cars. Which, also, are constructs."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
18. Peerless
By: Jiehae Park
4.01
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Asian-American twins M and L have given up everything to get into The College. So when D, a one-six… read more
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19. Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner
By: Jasmine Lee-Jones
3.01
Format: 89 pages, Paperback
In this innovative play blending real life and online culture, a young Black woman takes to Twitter… read more
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20. Chita: A Memoir
By: Chita Rivera
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chit… read more
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21. I Kissed Shara Wheeler
By: Casey McQuiston
3.88
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a deb… read more
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"You were the only one it could be."-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
"Get a clarifying shampoo and suck it up, Kylo Ren."-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
"Why is it so bad to want to feel special, or loved, or accpeted?"-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
"What do you say when The Girl tells you that you're The Girl to her?"-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
22. The Lifespan of a Fact
By: Jeremy Kareken
3.93
Format: 59 pages, ebook
Jim Fingal is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact-checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. Jo… read more
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23. A Strange Loop
By: Michael R. Jackson
4.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Usher is a black, queer writer, working a day job he… read more
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24. POTUS
By: Selina Fillinger
4.31
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spin… read more
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25. Downstate
By: Bruce Norris
4.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of sex crimes against minors share a group home where the… read more
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26. Primary Trust
By: Eboni Booth
4.12
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
Meet Kenneth, a 38-year-old bookstore worker who spends his evenings sipping mai tais at the local … read more
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27. Is God Is
By: Aleshea Harris
4.35
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2016 Relentless Award from the American Playwriting Foundation. Introduction by Dawn … read more
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28. Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
By: Alexis Scheer
4.10
Format: None pages, None
A gang of teenage girls gathers in an abandoned treehouse to summon the ghost of Pablo Escobar. Are… read more
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29. GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS
By: Taylor Mac
3.72
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
Set during the fall of the Roman Empire, the years of bloody battles are over, the country has been… read more
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30. The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
By: James Ijames
4.04
Format: 63 pages, Paperback
The recently-widowed “Mother of America” lies helpless in her Mount Vernon bed, ravaged by illness … read more
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31. Her Naked Skin
By: Rebecca Lenkiewicz
3.71
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Love is just fear I suppose. Masquerading as a fever. Then you explore each other and suddenly you … read more
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