The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life
By: Kyle Beachy
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Barbarian Days, this memoir in essays follows one man's decade-long quest to un…
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1. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
By: William Finnegan
4.27
Format: 447 pages, Hardcover
A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer Barbaria… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
"Writing felt like it justified, barely, my existence -- this extremity of obscurity I had chosen."-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"I did not consider, even passingly, that I had a choice when it came to surfing. My enchantment would take me where it would."-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"Still, I wondered what Sam, mental illness and all, might have to tell us about adulthood. Why, for example, did it seem to be always receding as a concept, even as we got older?"-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"But surfing always had this horizon, this fear line, that made it different from other things, certainly from other sports I knew. You could do it with friends, but when the waves got big, or you got…"-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
2. The Revenant
By: Michael Punke
3.96
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
Hugh Glass isn’t afraid to die. He’s done it once already. Rocky Mountains, 1823. The trappers o… read more
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"Le géant poussa un dernier soupir et mourut à la clarté des étoiles de la plaine."-Michael Punke, The Revenant
"Il pouvait monter là-haut s'il le voulait. Monter et toucher l'horizon, sauter par-dessus et découvrir l'horizon suivant"-Michael Punke, The Revenant
"T]hey had killed him. [...] Murdered him, except he would not die. Would not die, he vowed, because he would live to kill his killers."-Michael Punke, The Revenant
"The notion of burial had always struck him as stifling and cold. He liked the Indian way better, setting the bodies up high, as if passing them to the heavens."-Michael Punke, The Revenant
3. On Love
By: Alain de Botton
3.97
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
"The longing for a destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life" we are told at the outset… read more
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- essays
"Must being in love always mean being in pain?"-Alain de Botton, On Love
"Because I have this thing about birthdays--they always remind me of death and forced jollity."-Alain de Botton, On Love
"The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call."-Alain de Botton, On Love
"Does beauty give birth to love? Or does love give birth to beauty? Did I love Chloe because she was beautiful? Or was she beautiful because I loved her?"-Alain de Botton, On Love
4. Beverly
By: Nick Drnaso
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Nick Drnaso's comics mercilessly reveal the sterile sameness of the suburbs. Connected by a series … read more
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5. Less Than Zero
By: Bret Easton Ellis
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in Los Angeles in the early 1980's, this coolly mesmerizing novel is a raw, powerful portrait o… read more
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6. Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life
By: Adam Phillips
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A transformative book about the lives we wish we had and what they can teach us about who we are. A… read more
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7. A Brief History of Seven Killings
By: Marlon James
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Wome… read more
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8. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- pop culture
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
9. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
10. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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- nonfiction
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
11. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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- nonfiction
12. Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
By: Julia Wertz
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronic… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Go fuck yourself, melted spatula!"-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
"Do the stepwork and don't give me any of your excuses. We both know they're bullshit."-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
"...you're at a place in your life where you're trying to let people in, so you should have called someone to spend the afternoon with you instead of being a weirdo alone in a theater crying at a come…"-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
"It's the fantasy of a life gone wrong. You've been doing the best you can, but it's hard and you're tired. Then something horrible happens and you get to give up and go be sad somewhere. There's some…"-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
13. Breathe: A Life in Flow
By: Rickson Gracie
4.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
*An instant New York Times bestseller, USA Today bestseller, and Wall Street Journal bestseller… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
- memoir
"Shattering disappointments require you to be radically honest with yourself, a process that can be painful but is absolutely necessary."-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"If I'm fighting for money, I'll stop hitting you when you or the referee asks me to. If we are fighting for honor, I'll stop hitting you when I feel like it."-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"Today, 98 percent of MMA fans have never stepped into the cage, or even onto the mat, much less felt their noses break or tendons pop. Their relationship with violence is virtual. MMA is just somethi…"-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"Today, it is possible to get a Jiu Jitsu black belt without knowing self-defense or even getting into a real fight. This was impossible during the 1970s and 1980s. Because my father and uncle loudly …"-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
14. Ducks, Newburyport
By: Lucy Ellmann
3.97
Format: 1022 pages, Paperback
LATTICING one cherry pie after another, an Ohio housewife tries to bridge the gaps between reality … read more
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"Italians answer the phone, “Pronto,"-Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport
"I think that Inuit duck is at the Peabody, Bringing Up Baby, “Ducky! Ducky!"-Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport
"...the fact that there’s a lot you have to blank out if you want to get through life..."-Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport
"the fact that you’ll never know what sort of person you might have been if you’d read different stuff"-Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport
15. Grey Bees
By: Andrey Kurkov
4.07
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
49-year-old safety inspector-turned-beekeeper Sergey Sergeich, wants little more than to help his b… read more
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16. The Twilight World
By: Werner Herzog
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The great filmmaker Werner Herzog, in his first novel, tells the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda, a… read more
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17. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
By: Dan Charnas
4.56
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy … read more
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- cultural
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"The Yanceys were not a family that expressed love by saying “I love you."-Dan Charnas, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
18. Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
By: Melissa Lozada-Oliva
3.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A macabre love story in verse about celebrity, loss, and longing following a poet who resurrects po… read more
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"New York is cool because you only start dating someone so that it's easier to pay the rent."-Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
"Today, I walked into a coffee shop but no one was there who looked like they could completely fuck up my life and inspire a mediocre poem and a half so I just left."-Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
"I want You to keep chasing me and I don’t want you to know how far I would go to find out the truth of something, to scratch an itch that will tear the whole universe open."-Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
"You and me are having sex to a movie Or during a move? Or at a move? In a conversation with? At least we're un the dark enough so I don't have to feel bad about my body. At least there's only this li…"-Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
19. Self-Esteem and the End of the World
By: Luke Healy
3.73
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
“Who is Luke Healy?” An absurdist dramedy about self-esteem in the wake of a climate destruction L… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
20. The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life
By: Kyle Beachy
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Barbarian Days, this memoir in essays follows one man's decade-long quest to un… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- pop culture
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- sports
21. Top of Mason
By: Walker Ryan
4.25
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
The first novel set in the world of modern professional skateboarding, TOP OF MASON is an adventure… read more
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