And It Will Be A Beautiful Life
By: Craig Lancaster award-winning author of D
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Max Wendt has a family . . . but it's sliding sideways, and he has been complicit in its faltering.…
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1. The Music Shop
By: Rachel Joyce
3.84
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the world-wide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a new novel ab… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Aretha is soul. You can’t argue with Aretha."-Rachel Joyce, The Music Shop
"...the vivid past would not go away. Like music, said Peg. Even when it was over, it kept living inside you."-Rachel Joyce, The Music Shop
"Real love was a journey with many pitfalls and complications, and sometimes the place you ended up was not the one you hoped for."-Rachel Joyce, The Music Shop
"Frank was so busy loving other people he had no room to accommodate the fact that someone might turn around one day and love him back."-Rachel Joyce, The Music Shop
2. The Home Place
By: Carrie La Seur
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Carrie La Seur makes her remarkable debut with The Home Place, a mesmerizing, emotionally evocative… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
3. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)
By: Jane Gardam
4.10
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
4. Edward Adrift
By: Craig Lancaster
3.76
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
It's been a year of upheaval for Edward Stanton, a forty-two-year-old with Asperger's syndrome. He'… read more
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5. As Bright as Heaven
By: Susan Meissner
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Lifeand A Bridge Across the Oceancomes a new nove… read more
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6. The Fallow Season of Hugo Hunter
By: Craig Lancaster
5.00
Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of 600 Hours of Edwardcomes the story of a boxer and a sportswriter who… read more
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7. This Is What I Want
By: Craig Lancaster
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the sweltering heat of a Montana July, the small town of Grandview readies for its annual Jambor… read more
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8. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
By: J.D. Vance
3.32
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a former Marine and Yale Law School Graduate, a poignant account of growing up in a poor Appal… read more
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9. Salvage the Bones
By: Jesmyn Ward
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for FictionA hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, … read more
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10. The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.05
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthe… read more
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- fiction
11. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
By: Emily M. Danforth
4.07
Format: 485 pages, Kindle Edition
When Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Reli… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Let's rock this shit."-Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post
"It felt really good to do something that made no sense at all."-Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post
"The afternoon my parents died, I was out shoplifting with Irene Klauson."-Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post
"But I couldn't ever make that dream happen. It just came on its own, the way dreams do."-Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post
12. Trust Exercise
By: Susan Choi
3.14
Format: 257 pages, Paperback
In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high sch… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Neither can drive."-Susan Choi, Trust Exercise
"Possibly first love, despite all the fuss, is only mating with ideas attached."-Susan Choi, Trust Exercise
"Heartbreak doesn't flow through the heart but along that frail shallow canal of the sternum."-Susan Choi, Trust Exercise
"[..] said Sarah's broken and cynical mother, who for all her superior experience of life knew nothing about how to live."-Susan Choi, Trust Exercise
13. The Manor House
By: Gilly Macmillan
3.71
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
The terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come true Be careful what you wish… read more
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- adult
- fiction
14. Tracy Flick Can't Win
By: Tom Perrotta
3.64
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon “Tom Perrotta is…one of the great w… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"But it wasn't really about her looks; there was just this current running between us, a really strong connection. Her absence always felt abrupt and unfair when we parted at the end of the day, like …"-Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win
"I try not to think too much about those days now - let the past be past. The truth is, we're all prisoners of our historical context. Anybody who says morality is absolute, that right and wrong don't…"-Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win
15. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more
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- fiction
"Misery is a money pit."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
16. White Bird
By: R.J. Palacio
4.50
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
In R. J. Palacio's collection of stories Auggie & Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, reader… read more
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- fiction
"Solo se detiene la maldad cuando por fin las personas se unen para acabar con ella."-R.J. Palacio, White Bird
"We are not defined by our mistakes, but by what we do after we've learned from them."-R.J. Palacio, White Bird
"You see, Julian, it always takes courage to be kind. But in those days, when such kindness could cost you everything - your freedom, your life - Kindness becomes a miracle. It becomes that light in t…"-R.J. Palacio, White Bird
17. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE
By: Brian Gewirtz
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more
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18. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
By: Abraham Riesman
3.75
Format: 464 pages, ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more
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19. The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club
By: Faith Hogan
4.17
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
Three women. Three different stages of life. United by one thing: the chance to start again. 'Up… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Or Else
By: Joe Hart
3.99
Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition
A secret love becomes a fatal affair in a twisting novel of suspense by Wall Street Journal bestsel… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Of course I wouldn't do anything stupid. I was going to do something very stupid."-Joe Hart, Or Else
"After a breathless moment, I gave her a smile. Slowly she returned it. Somewhere, I felt that everything was going to be all right. See, my problem is I'm a romantic."-Joe Hart, Or Else
21. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
By: Jamie Ford
3.87
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Washington’s former poet laureate, that’s how sh… read more
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- fiction
"Don't change. Instead change the world."-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
"We don't have to grieve only those we know. Sometimes we grieve for that which was lost. That which was never allowed to be."-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
"The bandleader sang 'Every time I see a crowd of people, just like a fool, I stop and stare. It's really not the proper thing to do, but maybe you'll be there."-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
"Karma is more like a suitcase. You have to be unafraid to open it up and look at what's inside, to unpack the things you do not need. Karma is the climate of the past which shapes how much leeway we …"-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
22. We Must Not Think of Ourselves
By: Lauren Grodstein
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"We had never practiced Judaism before, and I thought myself too old to try believing something new, or to take advantage of an accident of birth to claim some brown patch of desert as my home."-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves
"Our task is to pay attention... To listen to the stories. We want all political backgrounds, all religious attitudes. The illiterate and the elite. Every ideology. Interview everyone. Learn about the…"-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves
"There should be another word for this feeling - a sort of sorrowful happiness, or a happiness that only deepens someone's sorrow. The closest I can come to it is the Portuguese word saudade, which ne…"-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves
23. Unsheltered
By: Barbara Kingsolver
3.64
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and c… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Unsheltered, I live in daylight. And like the wandering bird I rest in thee."-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
"Thatcher wondered what task could be more wearisome than shoring up a stupid man’s confidence in his own wisdom."-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
"Teaching struck Willa as a saintly calling, especially given the pay. But even saints shouldn't be stuck with intro classes forever."-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
"First they would stagger, then grow competent, and then forget the difficulty altogether while thinking of other things, and that was survival."-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
24. The Love of my Life
By: Rosie Walsh
3.89
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted comes a love story wrapped in a mystery: an u… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"...it's only when something's damaged beyond repair that we realize how beautiful it was. [LEO PHILBET]"-Rosie Walsh, The Love of my Life
25. Eat, Pray, #FML
By: Gabrielle Stone
3.54
Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition
A year and a half into our marriage, I found out my husband had been having an affair with a ninete… read more
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26. When We Had Wings
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses station… read more
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- adult
- fiction
27. The Forest of Vanishing Stars
By: Kristin Harmel
4.26
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of the The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative comin… read more
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- adult
- fiction
28. Sunrise on Half Moon Bay
By: Robyn Carr
3.90
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Sometimes the happiness we’re looking for has been there all along… Adele and Justine have never… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
29. Age of Cage
By: Keith Phipps
3.78
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Icon. Celebrity. Artist. Madman. Genius. Nicolas Cage is many things, but love him, or laugh at … read more
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30. The Displacements
By: Bruce Holsinger
3.97
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
To all appearances, the Larsen-Hall family has everything: healthy children, a stable marriage, a l… read more
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- contemporary
31. And It Will Be A Beautiful Life
By: Craig Lancaster award-winning author of D
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Max Wendt has a family . . . but it's sliding sideways, and he has been complicit in its faltering.… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
