Swimming for My Life: A Memoir
By: Kim Fairley
4.35
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1970s Cincinnati, Kim's overwhelmed, financially stressed parents dragged her and her four young…
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1. Nine Stories
By: J.D. Salinger
3.67
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (1948) "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" (1948) "Just Before the War wi… read more
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2. Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin
By: Ursula K. Le Guin , None
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guinassembles interviews with the renowned science-fiction and fant… read more
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3. A Spool of Blue Thread
By: Anne Tyler
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A freshly observed, joyful and wrenching, funny and true new novel from Anne Tyler "It was a beauti… read more
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4. American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
By: Nick Bilton
4.40
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedro… read more
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"It was time to bring in the people with the calculators."-Nick Bilton, American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
"This is one of those rare government buildings in which someone who uses a calculator for a living can wield more power than a person who carries a gun."-Nick Bilton, American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
5. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
By: Lisa See
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more
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6. The Midcoast
By: Adam White
3.51
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Propulsive . . . An absorbing look at small-town Maine and the thwarted drea… read more
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7. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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8. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
9. Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
By: Bradley Hope
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of t… read more
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10. This Is Happiness
By: Niall Williams
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
About This Is Happiness The most enchanting novel you'll read this year, from the acclaimed author… read more
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"Nobody who's lived an anyway decent amount of life remembers everything."-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"It seems to me the true and individual nature of a human being's eyes defy description, or at least my capabilities. They're not like anything else, or anyone else's, and may be the most perfect proo…"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"When you've been raised inside a religion, it's not a small thing to step outside it. Even if you no longer believe in it, you can feel its absence. There's a spirit-would to a Sunday. You can patch …"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"It was a condensed explanation, but I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your hea…"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
11. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
By: Michelle Obama
4.27
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2022 - In an insp… read more
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"Going high is about learning to keep the poison out and the power in."-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
"Being different conditions you toward cautiousness, even as it demands being bold."-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
"Life has shown me that strong friendships are most often the result of strong intentions. Your table needs to be deliberately built, deliberately populated, and deliberately tended to."-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
"Real-world connections most often tend to cut against stereotypes. They can be remarkably calming, in fact—a small but potent way to reset a bad mood or challenge broader feelings of mistrust. The on…"-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
12. Where To Begin: A Small Book About Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World
By: Cleo Wade
4.30
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Cleo Wade’s second anthology of heartfelt poetry and prose builds on the wisdom… read more
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"I speak out because I know the pain of staying silent."-Cleo Wade, Where To Begin: A Small Book About Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World
"If all of your dreams came true, would they just change you or would they change the world? Dream bigger loved ones, bigger and wider and deeper and further."-Cleo Wade, Where To Begin: A Small Book About Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World
"No one nominated Harriet Tubman to her purpose, to her courage, to her mission. She did not say 'I am not a congressperson or the president, so how could I possibly participate in the fight to abolis…"-Cleo Wade, Where To Begin: A Small Book About Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World
13. Oh William!
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she conf… read more
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"I am not invisible no matter how deeply I feel that I am."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Mensen zijn eenzaam, dat wil ik hier maar mee zeggen. Veel mensen kunnen niet tegen degenen die ze goed kennen zeggen wat ze misschien wel zouden willen zeggen."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Er was iets aan haar wat ten diepste -bijna wezenlijk- in harmonie was met zichzelf, zoals iemand is, denk ik, wanneer allebei zijn ouders van hem hebben gehouden."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Verdriet is zoiets- o, het is zoiets éénzaams; dat is het beangstigende ervan, denk ik. Het is alsof je langs de glaswand van een heel hoog gebouw naar beneden glijdt terwijl niemand je ziet."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
14. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.27
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more
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15. Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School
By: Kendra James
3.64
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Early on in Kendra James’ professional life, she began to feel like she was selling a lie. As an ad… read more
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16. The Jetsetters
By: Amanda Eyre Ward
3.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, s… read more
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"Somehow her later years had become a mirror of her lonely childhood."-Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
"Somehow she'd labeled those days a humiliation. She'd based her choices--her giant house, her daughters' schools, her constant attention to family life--on erecting a wall between her grim childhood …"-Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
17. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
By: Katie Ledecky
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more
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18. Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph
By: Yusra Mardini
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The inspiring story of how one woman saved fellow refugees from drowning--and how she went on to be… read more
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"It’s just easier to laugh than to cry. If I cry, I’ll cry alone. But if you laugh, we can do it together. I guess no one knows how strong they can be until it’s their turn to deal with tragedy."-Yusra Mardini, Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph
"That´s right. Only a name. A name given to us by circumstances beyond our control. Now we have to reclaim it. [...] "We are still humans", I say. "We are not only refugees. We are like everyone in th…"-Yusra Mardini, Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph
"Back in Syria, we’d never gave anything directly to anyone. We’d give to a charity and then they’d make sure it got to people in need. That way no one felt looked down on. I remind myself how lucky w…"-Yusra Mardini, Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph
19. Attribution
By: Linda Moore
4.06
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
Art historian Cate Adamson, still grieving the death of her brother and desperate to succeed, leave… read more
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20. Swimming for My Life: A Memoir
By: Kim Fairley
4.35
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1970s Cincinnati, Kim's overwhelmed, financially stressed parents dragged her and her four young… read more
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21. 'Til All These Things Be Done
By: Suzanne Moyers
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
Set against the rich but often troubled history of Blacklands, Texas, during an era of pandemic, sc… read more
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