All Made Up: The Power and Pitfalls of Beauty Culture, from Cleopatra to Kim Kardashian
By: Rae Nudson
3.57
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Through the stories of famous women like Cleopatra, Empress Wu, Madam C. J. Walker, Elizabeth Taylo…
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1. The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
By: Ann Fessler
4.24
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and groundbreaking revelation of the secret history of the 1.5 million women who surrend… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Secrets keep families sick. You never keep secrets in families because even if the child doesn't know what the secret is, they will always know there is a secret."-Ann Fessler, The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
"We were not criminals. We're mothers. The difference was I was not an authenticated mother. I was an illegal mother. I was a denied mother. And I had to come home and live my life after being robbed …"-Ann Fessler, The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
2. How to Murder Your Life
By: Cat Marnell
3.87
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
At the age of 15, Cat Marnell unknowingly set out to murder her life. After a privileged yet emotio… read more
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- fashion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone
By: Richard Lloyd Parry
4.58
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of nort… read more
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4. The Spiral Notebook: The Aurora Theater Shooter and the Epidemic of Mass Violence Committed by American Youth
By: Stephen Singular , Joyce Singular
3.96
Format: 433 pages, Hardcover
On July 20, 2012, twelve people were killed and fifty-eight wounded at a mass shooting in a movie t… read more
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5. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
By: Alice Munro
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In the her tenth collection (the title story of which is the basis for the new film Hateship Lovesh… read more
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6. Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City
By: Kate Winkler Dawson
3.87
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
A real-life thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson's debut Death … read more
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7. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
8. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
By: Amanda Montell
3.54
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
9. The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything
By: Mike Rothschild
3.84
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
This is the real story of QAnon—what it is, what it means, and where it goes. And be warned—none of… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
10. How to Be Eaten
By: Maria Adelmann
3.60
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in… read more
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- feminism
- adult
- audiobook
"But something changes after tragedy,"-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
"Morals create a labyrinth of rules geared toward blaming the victim"-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
"What if, for some of us, moving on involves finding good in the bad? Or being thankful for how we changed? That doesn't mean we wished it to happen."-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
"Maybe just don't leave the house at all", Gretel pipes in. "Maybe stay home". "But isn't that where accidents happen?" says Ashlee. "So lock all of the doors", says Ruby. "Doesn't always help", says …"-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten
11. Frizzy
By: Claribel A. Ortega
4.48
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more
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"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy
12. Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
By: Sarah Jaffe
3.97
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A deeply-reported examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Freedom was there, the neoliberals argued, you just had to purchase it."-Sarah Jaffe, Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
"Neoliberalism encourages us to think that everything we want and need must be found with a price tag attached."-Sarah Jaffe, Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
"The majority of people who work in the arts will identify themselves as liberal to left wing, often radical left wing. This is going from the poorest artist to the highest paid curators in institutio…"-Sarah Jaffe, Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
13. Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
By: Lydia Kang
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A very timely history of disease outbreaks, from the authors of Quackery: stories of outbreaks (and… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- history
- audiobook
14. Rez Ball
By: Byron Graves
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more
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- audiobook
15. They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
By: Sarah Kendzior
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE “Every sentence delivered. The pathos of truth-see… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"The word “conspire"-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
"The desire to forget is as overwhelming as the obligation not to."-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
"History was a feedback loop of unlearned lessons and reverberating lies."-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
"There is no such thing as paranoia; your worst fears can come true at any moment,"-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
16. Laziness Does Not Exist
By: Devon Price
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"If someone's behavior makes no sense to us, passing judgment on it feels very natural."-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"This tendency to blame people for their own pain is comforting, in a twisted way: it allows us to close up our hearts and ignore the suffering of others."-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"We live in a world where hard work is rewarded and having needs and limitations is seen as a source of shame. It's no wonder so many of us are constantly overexerting ourselves, saying yes out of fea…"-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"If you're entitled to moments of rest, of imperfection, of laziness and sloth, then so are homeless people, and people with depression, and people who are addicted to drugs. If your life has value no…"-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
17. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
By: Richard V. Reeves
4.07
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
"A landmark, one of the most important books of the year" - David Brooks, New York Times“Real, prac… read more
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- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- society
- audiobook
"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
18. Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink
By: Véronique Hyland
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A New Yorker Magazine Best Book of 2022 * An Esquire Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 * A Town & Countr… read more
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- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- fashion
- audiobook
"The only fashion advice my father has ever given me is never wear anything you couldn't run from an assailant in. As pessimistic as that counsel may be, he has a point. So many of the hallmarks of wo…"-Véronique Hyland, Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink
19. Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
By: Margo Jefferson
3.77
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Stunning for her daring originality, the author of Negroland gives us what she calls "a temperament… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
By: Elinor Cleghorn
4.11
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women's health--from the earliest medical ideas ab… read more
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- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"For centuries, medicine has claimed that women are defined by their bodies and biology. But we have never been respected as reliable narrators of what happens to our bodies. We are denied agency beca…"-Elinor Cleghorn, Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
21. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
By: Elizabeth Comen
4.43
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before. For as long as medicin… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"The role of women was proscribed in medicine as in society, bolstered by the stereotype of the female nurturer: Doctors cured. Nurses cared."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"The idea was just this: that there is something beautiful, and wonderfully feminine, and powerful and empowering at once, about a woman who can’t breathe."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"Between the purported sex appeal of tuberculosis and its special deadliness in young people, being afflicted with the disease—or at least, looking like you were—became associated with a certain statu…"-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
22. In the Shadow Garden
By: Liz Parker
3.93
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Three generations of witches must discover where their magic went wrong as secrets resurface that c… read more
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- adult
"A monarch butterfly landed on the towel, its orange wings awash in the afternoon light. A yellow-and-black tiger swallowtail perched atop her still-damp shoulders. One with blue wings hovered over Ka…"-Liz Parker, In the Shadow Garden
"She kissed him like that until time fell away and it was only them and the stars and the warm Kentucky night. When she finally pulled away, she found the ground around their quilt covered in butterfl…"-Liz Parker, In the Shadow Garden
"Stalks of basil to keep the evil eye at bay. A head of broccoli to heal the body. A bunch of cilantro to mend the soul. Three tomatoes for passion in the bedroom. A cucumber to keep that passion from…"-Liz Parker, In the Shadow Garden
"While Addison might not have any misery to offer the plants in that moment, she could help them in other ways. She pulled on her gloves and started weeding the rows of fruits and vegetables and herbs…"-Liz Parker, In the Shadow Garden
23. Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
By: Elise Hu
4.10
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
An audacious journalistic exploration of the present and future of beauty through the lens of South… read more
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- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- fashion
- audiobook
24. Morningside Heights
By: Joshua Henkin
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Ohio-born Pru Steiner arrives in New York in 1976, she follows in a long tradition of young pe… read more
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- audiobook
"Tell me all the things I'm going to forget." "With every person it's different." "Will I forget to love you?" "I hope not." "Don't let me forget to love you."-Joshua Henkin, Morningside Heights
25. Everything I Need I Get from You
By: Kaitlyn Tiffany
3.55
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A thrilling dive into the world of superfandom and the fangirls who shaped the social internet. … read more
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- history
- pop culture
- feminism
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Infatuation is irrational but it can be a precursor to introspection. The experience of bodily joy is an invitation to reconsider the conditions that hold you away from it most of the time. Screaming…"-Kaitlyn Tiffany, Everything I Need I Get from You
26. The Deep Dark
By: Molly Knox Ostertag
4.42
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more
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27. Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations
By: Arnold van de Laar
4.15
Format: 357 pages, Paperback
In Under the Knife, surgeon Arnold Van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell the wi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
28. The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar
By: Robin R. Means Coleman
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising succ… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
29. White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out
By: Christian Picciolini
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A stunning look inside the world of violent hate groups by a onetime white supremacist leader who, … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Bol som taký slepý a prehnane ctižiadostivý, že som svojim skutočným emóciam nevenoval pozornosť a vinu som hádzal na druhých - čiernych, gejov, Židov a všetkých ostatných, ktorí sa odo mňa odlišoval…"-Christian Picciolini, White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out
30. The Skinny Confidential's Get the F*ck Out of the Sun: Routines, Products, Tips, and Insider Secrets from 100+ of the World's Best Skincare Gurus
By: Lauryn Evarts Bosstick
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The in-your-face go-to skincare guide from mega-influencer Lauryn Evarts Bosstick, founder of the S… read more
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- nonfiction
31. All Made Up: The Power and Pitfalls of Beauty Culture, from Cleopatra to Kim Kardashian
By: Rae Nudson
3.57
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Through the stories of famous women like Cleopatra, Empress Wu, Madam C. J. Walker, Elizabeth Taylo… read more
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- pop culture
- feminism
- gender
- womens studies
- nonfiction
- fashion
- adult
- society
- audiobook
