Dear Highlights: What Adults Can Learn from 75 Years of Letters and Conversations with Kids
By: Christine French Cully
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A unique, inside look at American childhood through the conversations between Highlights magazine a…
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1. Feed
By: M.T. Anderson
3.55
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people co… read more
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"it's like a squid in love with the sky."-M.T. Anderson, Feed
"Whispering makes a narrow place narrower."-M.T. Anderson, Feed
"I could see my face, crying, in her blank eye."-M.T. Anderson, Feed
"I don’t know. D’you think? He’s pretty wide in the chest."-M.T. Anderson, Feed
2. Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
By: Gregory Boyle
4.48
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Father Gregory Boyle’s sparkling parables about kinship and the sacredness of life are drawn from t… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"If you can't fix it, feature it."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
"Sometimes, it only seems that the hurt wins."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
"Terror melting into wonder, then slipping into peace."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
"[T]he principal suffering of the poor is shame and disgrace."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
3. Get in Trouble
By: Kelly Link
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
She has been hailed by Michael Chabon as “the most darkly playful voice in American fiction” and by… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"Sometimes a friendship is more like a war."-Kelly Link, Get in Trouble
"Her chest feels very tight, as if she's suddenly full of poison. You have to keep it all inside. Like throwing yourself on a bomb to save everyone else. Except you're the bomb."-Kelly Link, Get in Trouble
"The Wizard of Oz was a humbug. He's not great and powerful. He just pretends to be great and powerful. The Wicked Witch of the West is greater and powerfuller. She's got flying monkeys. She's like a …"-Kelly Link, Get in Trouble
"Picture the lobby of a hotel. [...] Now fill up the lobby with dentists and superheroes. Men and women, oral surgeons, eighth-dimensional entities, mutants, and freaks who want to save your teeth, sa…"-Kelly Link, Get in Trouble
4. All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1)
By: Sydney Taylor
4.24
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
It's the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement … read more
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- childrens
5. A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me
By: Jon Katz
4.11
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
Sometimes, change comes on four legs. In his popular and widely praised Running to the Mountain, Jo… read more
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6. You Like It Darker
By: Stephen King
4.32
Format: 502 pages, Hardcover
From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
7. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
By: Grant Snider
3.74
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A look at the culture and fanaticism of book lovers, from the beloved New York Times illustrator … read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
"A book closed is just a block of paper."-Grant Snider, I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
8. Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control
By: Dana K. White
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
So you want to keep your kitchen counter clean but you aren't ready to toss the toaster? You want t… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- parenting
- audiobook
9. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America
By: Anthea Butler
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelic… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
By: Oliver Darkshire
3.97
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackvill… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Early one morning, which is to say about five minutes before noon..."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"It's my belief that anyone worth knowing enjoys spending time in a bookshop."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"There is something about geriatric men which attracts them to dangerous ladders."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"Hell hath no fury, they say, like a man treated the same way as he treats women."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
11. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
12. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
By: Rob Harvilla
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
13. The Last Cuentista
By: Donna Barba Higuera
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more
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- childrens
- audiobook
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista
14. Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up
By: Selma Blair
3.93
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** 'Funny and frank, a chance to spend time with a brave… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"To outlive your child is the worst grief, my mother said later that night."-Selma Blair, Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up
15. Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing
By: Emily Lynn Paulson
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
She signed up for the sisterhood, free cars, and the promise of a successful business of her own. I… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. Uncultured: A Memoir
By: Daniella Mestyanek Young
4.08
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Educated and The Glass Castle, Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured is more than a … read more
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- audiobook
"Daniella,"-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
"The body keeps the score."-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
"I can run and run, but I’m always still here."-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
"...the only real friend I had, and would ever have, was myself."-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
17. This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You
By: Susan Rogers
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secret… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
By: Crystal Hefner
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
By: Laurie Zaleski
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring and moving memoir of the author's turbulent life with 600 rescue animals. Laurie Z… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"That was the end of church for Mom. She retained custody of the kids, and Dad got custody of God."-Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
"Many years ago, I made up my mind that, even if a person is 95 percent bad, you focus on the 5 percent that's good and decent---that's what you hold on to."-Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
21. Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood
By: Lonnie Mann
4.12
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
A coming-of-age graphic novel memoir about a young man who, growing up in an Orthodox Jewish commun… read more
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- nonfiction
22. School Trip (New Kid, #3)
By: Jerry Craft
4.20
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more
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23. Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out
By: Gracie Gold
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this explosive tell-all memoir, an Olympic figure skater reveals her battle to survive mental il… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Elf Dog and Owl Head
By: M.T. Anderson
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more
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- childrens
- audiobook
25. The Words in My Hands
By: Asphyxia
4.22
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Part coming of age, part call to action, this #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is an explorat… read more
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26. Patron Saints of Nothing
By: Randy Ribay
4.23
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncov… read more
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"We failed him in life. We should not fail him in death."-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"English is a language that lives in the middle of the mouth, but Tagalog is more of an open throat song that dances between the tip of the tongue and the teeth. My mouth feels too heavy, too thick, t…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"But there are good things I can hold on to and there are other things I have the power to change. My family, myself, this world--al of us are flawed. But flawed doesn't mean hopeless. It doesn't mean…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"Maybe he was reaching out to me through those words, and I let him slip away. I stayed silent. If I had written to him more often, been more honest, would it have helped him work through some of his …"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
27. What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
By: Claire Jiménez
3.53
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A deeply powerful, raw debut novel of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their lo… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"Irene was my mom's 60 year old church friend who blew her hair out like Whitney Houston from the Bodyguard days and still rocked her rum raisin lipstick like it was 1992."-Claire Jiménez, What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
28. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
By: A.J. Jacobs
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television
By: Thea Glassman
3.84
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Lif… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. My Picture Diary
By: Maki Fujiwara
4.04
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
The wife of Japan’s most lauded manga-ka documents a year in their lives with her own artistry. … read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
31. Dear Highlights: What Adults Can Learn from 75 Years of Letters and Conversations with Kids
By: Christine French Cully
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A unique, inside look at American childhood through the conversations between Highlights magazine a… read more
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