Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico
By: David Bowles
4.31
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The stories in Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky trace the history of the world from its beginni…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Look upon our beloved Mexico―the ancient singers gave her such lovely names: Navel of the Moon Foundation of Heaven Sea-Ringed World."-David Bowles, Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico
"Look upon our beloved Mexico―the ancient singers gave her such lovely names: Navel of the Moon Foundation of Heaven Sea-Ringed World."-David Bowles, Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico
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1. Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
By: Naomi Novik
3.90
Format: 398 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo–an unhatched dragon’s egg–Capt. Will … read more
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"...It seems to me,"-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
"I do not care if Laurence tells me not to squash you"-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
"I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to anybody."-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
"Those men want to take Laurence from me, and put him in prison, and execute him, and I will not let them, ever, and I do not care if Laurence tells me not to squash you," he added, fiercely, to Lord …"-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
2. The Isle of the Lost (Descendants #1)
By: Melissa de la Cruz
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon and made to live … read more
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"It was the truth, and like any truth, it was powerful."-Melissa de la Cruz, The Isle of the Lost (Descendants #1)
"It was hopeless. Their journey was ended before it had truly begun."-Melissa de la Cruz, The Isle of the Lost (Descendants #1)
"What Mal wanted, more than anything, was to be just like her mother. Exactly like her."-Melissa de la Cruz, The Isle of the Lost (Descendants #1)
"We've been wicked for such a very long time, you know. It does get tiresome after a while."-Melissa de la Cruz, The Isle of the Lost (Descendants #1)
3. Return to the Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #2)
By: Melissa de la Cruz
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
There's no place like home. Especially if home is the infamous Isle of the Lost. Mal, Evie, Carlos,… read more
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4. Home
By: Toni Morrison
3.89
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A taut and tortured story about one man's desperate search for himself in a world disfigured by war… read more
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5. His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
By: Naomi Novik
4.06
Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride migh… read more
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"I am sure I could not have liked any French captain half so much as you"-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
"I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on."-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
"Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!"-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
"I am never going to let anyone take you away from me.' 'Nor I, my dear,' Laurence said, smiling"-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes
By: Ray Bradbury
None
Format: None pages, None
One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now feat… read more
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7. The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
By: Ken Liu
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
Two men rebel together against tyranny--and then become rivals--in this first sweeping book of an e… read more
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8. The Sleeper and the Spindle
By: Neil Gaiman , Chris Riddell
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and il… read more
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9. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World)
By: Christopher Paolini
3.81
Format: 288 pages, ebook
It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaësia in search of the perfect home to train a new gener… read more
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- short stories
"Strive for wisdom! Or at least a decrease in idiocy."-Christopher Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World)
"Blaming the dead for our mistakes never accomplishes much."-Christopher Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World)
"- I have questions, he said. - Then you have more wisdom than most."-Christopher Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World)
"Sometimes you have to stand and fight. Sometimes running away isn't an option."-Christopher Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World)
10. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)
By: Moniquill Blackgoose
4.17
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds wi… read more
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11. The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1)
By: Gabriela Romero Lacruz
3.33
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
In a lush world inspired by the history and folklore of South America, a sweeping epic fantasy of c… read more
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- mythology
"I thought tinieblas were nothing but a story—just a word for shadows. Tales to scare children into obedience. Horror tales are inspired by reality."-Gabriela Romero Lacruz, The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1)
12. Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again
By: Lysa TerKeurst
4.16
Format: 288 pages, ebook
*#1 New York Times Bestseller* You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have do… read more
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- nonfiction
13. Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
4.19
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Colum… read more
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- indigenous
"What use is a power to read the heavens if it cannot be turned to your own benefit?"-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
"There was magic in the world, pure and simple, things she didn't understand. Best get used to it."-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
"We have become a place of long weeping A house of scattered feathers There is no home for us between earth and sky. —From Collected Lamentations from the Night of Knives"-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
14. Novelist as a Vocation
By: Haruki Murakami
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author’s own novels. Haruki Mura… read more
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- nonfiction
"writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"La experiencia nos enseña a los escritores lo duro que es seguir siendo escritor."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
15. Certain Dark Things
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.74
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street … read more
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"One moment he was flinching and the next there was a slow, sweet wave that dragged him down ... it was a haze. The haze you experience when your eyes are heavy and you are about to fall asleep, where…"-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Certain Dark Things
16. Roaming
By: Jillian Tamaki
3.77
Format: 443 pages, Paperback
Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more
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17. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
By: Thien Pham
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more
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- nonfiction
18. 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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"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
19. Velvet Was the Night
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.51
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who spends her life seeking… read more
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"He walked and let the rain kiss him."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"In the end, you either fight or lie down to be trampled."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"Cinderellas, dreaming. Maite dreamed too, but nothing came of it."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"He didn't know what the words meant, but he knew what they sounded like: it was the sound of sadness."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
20. Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
By: Hannah Kaner
3.94
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Return to the world of Godkiller in this thrilling sequel to the #1 internationally bestselling fan… read more
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- mythology
"Some things are done out of love."-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
"Knowledge can bring pain in place of ignorance, terror in place of hope' - Telle"-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
"Some truths are too bright to look at directly, that is why they couch them in paper.' - Scian"-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
"If we commit to violence, when will it stop?’ ‘If we do not,’ countered Elo, ‘will anything change?’ - Elogast"-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
21. Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin, #1)
By: Mariely Lares
3.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Rumor has it on the streets of sixteenth-century New Spain, there's a new vigilante in town serving… read more
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- mythology
"When no one is around to talk in your ear, then you can hear the only voice that really matters. Your own."-Mariely Lares, Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin, #1)
22. We Ride Upon Sticks
By: Quan Barry
3.79
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Set in the coastal town of Danvers, Massachusetts (which in 1692 was Salem Village, site of the ori… read more
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"We were taking one step for jocks, one giant leap for jock-kind."-Quan Barry, We Ride Upon Sticks
"It all makes you wonder what you would've done had you been kicking around back then. If a teen girl, would you have followed the herd? If the mother of eight dead babies like Ann Putnam Sr., would y…"-Quan Barry, We Ride Upon Sticks
23. The Hacienda
By: Isabel Cañas
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the… read more
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"Colonialism carved the landscapes of our homes with ghosts, It left gaping wounds that still weep"-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda
"Of course he did not question. Men do not trouble themselves with women's bodies, save when they can be of use to serve or to sate them."-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda
"Instead, he described the way the sun set in the valley of Apan: first rich golden, deepening to amber, and then, with a swift, sure strike, night overtook the sun like the extinguishing of a candle.…"-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda
24. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- indigenous
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
25. Her Radiant Curse
By: Elizabeth Lim
4.17
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
From the New York Times bestselling author of SIX CRIMSON CRANES comes a tale of two sisters—one as… read more
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- mythology
26. Painted Devils (Little Thieves, #2)
By: Margaret Owen
4.27
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Let’s get one thing straight—Vanja Schmidt wasn’t trying to start a cult. After taking down a co… read more
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27. Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
By: Alice Wong
4.25
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
From the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, and the editor of the acclaimed… read more
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- nonfiction
28. Hilda and the Mountain King (Hilda, #6)
By: Luke Pearson
4.58
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
See what perils await our beloved blue-haired adventurer in the sixth book of Luke Pearson’s widely… read more
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29. Fate of the Sun King (Artefacts of Ouranos, #3)
By: Nisha J. Tuli
4.06
Format: 556 pages, Kindle Edition
The highly anticipated third installment of the steamy Artefacts of Ouranos series journeys deeper … read more
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30. Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico
By: David Bowles
4.31
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The stories in Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky trace the history of the world from its beginni… read more
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- cultural
- history
- anthologies
- indigenous
- short stories
- nonfiction
- folklore
- folk tales
- mythology
"Look upon our beloved Mexico―the ancient singers gave her such lovely names: Navel of the Moon Foundation of Heaven Sea-Ringed World."-David Bowles, Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico
