The Mysterious Private Thompson: The Double Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Civil War Soldier
By: Laura Leedy Gansler
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Resurrecting a lost hero of the Civil War, The Mysterious Private Thompson tells the remarkable sto…
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1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
By: Sherman Alexie , Ellen Forney
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the… read more
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2. Wonderstruck
By: Brian Selznick
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Ben and Rose secretly wish for better lives. Ben longs for his unknown father. Rose scrapbooks a fa… read more
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3. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
4. A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer #1)
By: Dave Pelzer
3.59
Format: 370 pages,
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- nonfiction
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5. Where the Red Fern Grows
By: Wilson Rawls
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann—a boy and his two dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dar… read more
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"I looked at his grave and, with tears in my eyes, I voiced these words: "You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over."-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows
"I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it wouldn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too."-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows
"I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it woukdn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too"."-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows
"What I saw was more than I could stand. The noise I heard had been made by Little Ann. All her life she had slept by Old Dan's side. And although he was dead, she had left the doghouse, had come back…"-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows
6. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
By: Tom Hanks
3.70
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-st… read more
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"Are you a clairvoyant?"-Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
7. The Librarianist
By: Patrick deWitt
3.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who ha… read more
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8. Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)
By: Harlan Coben
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
9 hours, 41 minutes Myron Bolitar and Windsor Horne Lockwood III reunite to find a dead man co… read more
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9. The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39)
By: Jonathan Kellerman
4.21
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide … read more
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10. The Recovery Agent (Gabriela Rose, #1)
By: Janet Evanovich
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individ… read more
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"Thanks, but I’ll work rooms are better."-Janet Evanovich, The Recovery Agent (Gabriela Rose, #1)
11. Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23)
By: C.J. Box
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facili… read more
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12. Unnatural History (Alex Delaware #38)
By: Jonathan Kellerman
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
The most enduring detectives in American crime fiction are back in this electrifying thrillerof art… read more
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"Maybe attorneys attend schools where grades are based on how many word you put out."-Jonathan Kellerman, Unnatural History (Alex Delaware #38)
13. City of the Dead (Alex Delaware, #37)
By: Jonathan Kellerman
4.20
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
The past comes back to haunt psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis when they invest… read more
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14. Serpentine (Alex Delaware, #36)
By: Jonathan Kellerman
4.18
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis search for answers to a brutal, decades-old c… read more
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15. Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain
By: Andrew McCarthy
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and ac… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
16. Three Sisters (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #3)
By: Heather Morris
4.37
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A promise to stay together. An unbreakable bond. A fierce will to survive. From international … read more
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"Looking at these photos in this special light we have remembered the past without grief and if we can do that, we can also look ahead without fear."-Heather Morris, Three Sisters (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #3)
17. Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21)
By: Kathy Reichs
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“Reichs has written her masterpiece—smart, scary, complicated, and engrossing.” —Michael Connelly “… read more
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18. Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett, #22)
By: C.J. Box
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett’s job has many times put his wife and daughters in harm’s way. Now … read more
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19. The Messy Lives of Book People
By: Phaedra Patrick
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Have you ever wished you were someone else? Mother of two Liv Green barely scrapes by as a maid … read more
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20. All Boys Aren’t Blue
By: George M. Johnson
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explor… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"History has an interesting way of painting."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"We are not as different as you think, and all our stories deserve to be celebrated and told."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
21. The Circus Train
By: Amita Parikh
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
At the World of Wonders, Europe's most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic… read more
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"There were some things that only a mother could fix."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
"There are few things that can't be fixed by a good night's sleep."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
"Sometimes the people who love us most hold us back because they want to protect us."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
"If you have a setback, you rest. Then one day, probably sooner than you think, you wake up, ready to try again."-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train
22. Perish
By: LaToya Watkins
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From a stunning new voice comes a powerful debut novel, Perish, about a Black Texan family, explori… read more
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"Everybody wants to say bye, show the dying that they here and they somehow living on in spite of everything."-LaToya Watkins, Perish
"Sometimes we don't get to understand things. People. We just got to try to be better than the things that spit us out. I don't know why my momma like she is, but I love her and got to keep on with it…"-LaToya Watkins, Perish
23. The Matchmaker's Gift
By: Lynda Cohen Loigman
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, c… read more
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"A drop of love sometimes brings an ocean of tears."-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift
"If you can’t decide what you want to fight for, love is as good a cause as any."-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift
24. A Christmas Memory
By: Richard Paul Evans
4.58
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
It’s 1967, and for young Richard it’s a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few mont… read more
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25. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
26. A Council of Dolls
By: Mona Susan Power
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native Amer… read more
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"Shame invades one's thoughts like a parasite, twists them like wet laundry until all sense is wrung out."-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
"When Winona whispered her memories to me in later years, she said that Whitestone Hill was the day the world ended. I never asked what she meant, how the world could be gone when the sun was still in…"-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
27. Booth
By: Karen Joy Fowler
3.83
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Best Book of the Year Real Simple - AARP - USA Today From the Man Booker finalist and bestselli… read more
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- american history
- civil war
"Why does the extraordinary courage of ordinary women go so unsung?"-Karen Joy Fowler, Booth
28. The Keeper of Hidden Books
By: Madeline Martin
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more
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29. Mrs. Nash's Ashes
By: Sarah Adler
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A starry-eyed romantic, a cynical writer, and (the ashes of) an elderly woman take the road trip of… read more
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30. The Book Haters' Book Club
By: Gretchen Anthony
3.47
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
All it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover… That was Elliott’s belief an… read more
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31. The Mysterious Private Thompson: The Double Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Civil War Soldier
By: Laura Leedy Gansler
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Resurrecting a lost hero of the Civil War, The Mysterious Private Thompson tells the remarkable sto… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
