I Am the Light of This World
By: Michael Parker
3.60
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“A GUT PUNCH OF A NOVEL—lyrical, mordantly funny, and wrenching.” —Kelly Link, author of Get in Tro…
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1. Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
By: Scott Anderson
4.08
Format: 577 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th cent… read more
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- audiobook
"[A] common denominator in European wars going back to the Crusades--no matter who won or lost, the one fairly reliable constant was that Jews somewhere were going to suffer."-Scott Anderson, Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
"In a clever retort, alluding to both his considerable girth and to his network of influential friends abroad, the agronomist replied, “Your Excellency, the weight of my body would break the gallows w…"-Scott Anderson, Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
"History is often the tale of small moments—chance encounters or casual decisions or sheer coincidence—that seem of little consequence at the time, but somehow fuse with other small moments to produce…"-Scott Anderson, Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
"Over the course of his wartime service, Lawrence was awarded a number of medals and ribbons, but with his profound disdain for such things, he either threw them away or never bothered to collect them…"-Scott Anderson, Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
2. The Watery Part of the World
By: Michael Parker
3.91
Format: 340 pages,
Michael Parker has created a wholly original world from two known facts: (1) Theodosia Burr Alston,… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
3. Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
3.43
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Lost in Shangri-La recounts the incredible true-life adventure of twenty-four officers and enlisted… read more
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4. This Dark Road to Mercy
By: Wiley Cash
3.50
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
The critically-acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home returns… read more
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5. Last House
By: Jessica Shattuck
3.64
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
"An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures an… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
6. The Librarianist
By: Patrick deWitt
3.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who ha… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
7. The Caretaker
By: Ron Rash
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, T… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
8. Nothing but the Bones
By: Brian Panowich
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
With lyrical prose and hard-hitting depictions of the hardscrabble life in the rural south, Brian P… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
9. Sipsworth
By: Simon Van Booy
4.26
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die discovers an unexpected reason to liv… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
10. Ozark Dogs
By: Eli Cranor
3.72
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
11. Those We Thought We Knew
By: David Joy
4.30
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
12. American Spirits
By: Russell Banks
3.88
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From one of America’s most celebrated storytellers come three dark, interlocking tales about the re… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
13. The Magic Kingdom
By: Russell Banks
3.67
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From one of America's most beloved storytellers--a profound novel about belief, betrayal, and the t… read more
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14. Turbulence
By: David Szalay
3.62
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of All That Man Is, a stunning, virtuosic n… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
15. Singer Distance
By: Ethan Chatagnier
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Station Eleven and Light from Other Stars, Ethan Chatagnier’s propulsive, genre-bending… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"A road can be the connection between places or the distance between them"-Ethan Chatagnier, Singer Distance
"a constellation is formed by points of light that are not connected to each other by anything other than the observer"-Ethan Chatagnier, Singer Distance
"I didn’t know whether these pictures would end up in history books or be used against me in a court hearing, but they would testify to something."-Ethan Chatagnier, Singer Distance
"Crystal owed the two of us so many apologies, but I’d spent enough years imagining extracting those from my father to know that wringing someone else out didn’t make you any fuller."-Ethan Chatagnier, Singer Distance
16. Like Lions (Bull Mountain, #2)
By: Brian Panowich
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Clayton Burroughs is sheriff of Bull Mountain and last surviving member of the brutal and blood-ste… read more
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- fiction
17. The Horse
By: Willy Vlautin
4.26
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, addiction, regret, love, and hard-won … read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
18. Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
By: William Shatner
3.85
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The beloved star of Star Trek , recent space traveler, and living legend William Shatner reflects o… read more
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- audiobook
19. We Burn Daylight
By: Bret Anthony Johnston
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of star-crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks: what wo… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
20. The Prospectors
By: Ariel Djanikian
3.67
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping rags-to-riches story of survival and greed across American history following a family tr… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"How easy it was to adjust to extravagance."-Ariel Djanikian, The Prospectors
"Secrets have a way of nudging against their enclosures and bumping playfully against the walls."-Ariel Djanikian, The Prospectors
21. Dark Ride
By: Lou Berney
3.81
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardl… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"This is not the plot twist that my life required. I wish I’d never noticed those kids on the bench. I wish I’d never walked over. I wish, most of all, that I existed in a version of the multiverse wh…"-Lou Berney, Dark Ride
22. Factory Girls
By: Michelle Gallen
3.72
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A funny, fierce, and unforgettable read about a young woman working a summer job in a shirt factory… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"I guess failure is like posh,' Maeve said. 'Relative."-Michelle Gallen, Factory Girls
"No matter how shitty things got for a man, they were always shittier for a woman."-Michelle Gallen, Factory Girls
23. Moonrise Over New Jessup
By: Jamila Minnicks
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2021 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, a thought-provoking and encha… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
24. How to Survive Everything
By: Ewan Morrison
3.31
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
My name is Haley Cooper Crowe and I am in lockdown in a remote location I can't tell you about. … read more
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- audiobook
25. Beasts of the Earth: A Novel
By: James Wade
4.01
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
James Wade, whose first two novels were praised as rhapsodic and haunting, delivers his most powerf… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
26. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)
By: William Kent Krueger
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
27. Device Free Weekend
By: Sean Doolittle
3.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Seven friends, one eccentric billionaire, an all-expenses paid reunion on a private island with one… read more
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- audiobook
28. Don't Let the Devil Ride
By: Ace Atkins
3.79
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“An instant Southern noir classic” –S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby meets Don Winslow in the breakout thri… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
29. Catalina
By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
3.65
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
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30. I Am the Light of This World
By: Michael Parker
3.60
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“A GUT PUNCH OF A NOVEL—lyrical, mordantly funny, and wrenching.” —Kelly Link, author of Get in Tro… read more
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31. Prairie Fever
By: Michael Parker
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
"Michael Parker has captured a time, place, and sisterhood so perfectly it hurts to turn the last p… read more
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