A Line of Driftwood: the Ada Blackjack Story
By: Diane Glancy
3.51
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In September 1921, a young Inupiat woman named Ada Blackjack traveled to Wrangel Island, 200 miles …
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1. Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
By: None , Velma Wallis
4.08
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of… read more
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- historical fiction
- fiction
- indigenous
"They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live! So I say if we are going to die, my friend, let us die trying, not sitting."-None, Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
"Now, because we have spent so many years convincing the younger people that we are helpless, they believe that we are no longer of use to this world."-None, Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
2. In the Midst of Winter
By: Isabel Allende
3.72
Format: 10 pages, Audiobook
New York Times and worldwide bestselling “dazzling storyteller” (Associated Press) Isabel Allende r… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"El amor siempre se me ha dado a medias"-Isabel Allende, In the Midst of Winter
"Lo tuyo, niña, no es una enfermedad del cuerpo, sino del alma"-Isabel Allende, In the Midst of Winter
"Lo más temible de la muerte era la idea de la eternidad. Muerto para siempre, qué horror"-Isabel Allende, In the Midst of Winter
"El corazón no se rompe como un huevo. Y si fuera un huevo, ¿no es mejor romperlo para que se demarren los sentimientos? Es el precio por una vida bien vivida."-Isabel Allende, In the Midst of Winter
3. Wide Sargasso Sea
By: Jean Rhys
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Wide Sargasso Sea, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys’s return to the literary center s… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"When trouble comes, close ranks"-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
"I thought I'd try to write her a life"-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
"Have all beautiful things sad destinies?"-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
"I thought if I told no one it might not be true."-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
4. The Hangman (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #6.5)
By: Louise Penny
3.81
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
On a cold November morning, a jogger runs through the woods in the peaceful Quebec village of Three… read more
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- fiction
5. A Man Without a Country
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir." -Los Angeles… read more
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6. The Weight of Ink
By: Rachel Kadish
4.15
Format: 704 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A gifted writer, astonishingly adept… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Never underestimate the passion of a lonely mind."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"My grandmother," Ester said, "wished not to trap her love into taking her. She said a heart is a free thing, and once enslaved will mutiny...."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"Then it was only right that she do as her spirit told her, and let the struggle itself answer the question of which was the stronger: her will or her womanly nature."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"A woman such as I is a rocky cliff against which a man tests himself before retreating to safe pastures. I cannot fault any such man as takes what ease the world offers him."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
7. Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
By: Hampton Sides
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. T… read more
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8. The Deal of a Lifetime: A Novella
By: Fredrik Backman
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Beartown delivers an insightful an… read more
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9. Strange Fruit
By: Lillian E. Smith
3.66
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
When it was first published in 1944, this novel sparked immediate controversy and became a huge bes… read more
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10. Corrections in Ink: A Memoir
By: Keri Blakinger
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“Brave, brutal . . . a riveting story about suffering, recovery, and redemption. Inspiring and rele… read more
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11. When the Angels Left the Old Country
By: Sacha Lamb
4.27
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
A queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power o… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
12. Punching the Air
By: Ibi Zoboi
4.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exo… read more
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- poetry
- fiction
"They call it free time and it's the biggest lie because we are still here"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"This is the first time my feet are bound where the fuck am I supposed to run anyway"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"Blank Canvas I have a crayon and paper I didn't know that I could hold this little bit of freedom in my hands"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"And maybe there are small cracks in our walls and we start to see a sliver of light shine through in each other"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
13. Heart Berries
By: Terese Marie Mailhot
3.84
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian … read more
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- poetry
- indigenous
"Pain expanded my heart."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
"You are such a home to me."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
"Romanticism requires bravery and risk."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
"Sometimes suicidality doesn’t seem dark; it seems fair."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
14. The Raven Tower
By: Ann Leckie
3.92
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Gods meddle in the fates of men, men play with the fates of gods, and a pretender must be cast down… read more
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- fiction
"Can you hear me now? I'm talking to you."-Ann Leckie, The Raven Tower
"What is it that makes language a far more powerful—and risky—tool for gods than it is for even humans? What is it that makes gods gods? What am I?"-Ann Leckie, The Raven Tower
"Given a bit more time he might have realized that what kept him alive was the same god whose continued existence drained his power so relentlessly."-Ann Leckie, The Raven Tower
"Perhaps the length of one’s life was not important—except in the way it is to so many living beings, desperate to avoid death. Perhaps, long or short, it mattered how one spent that time."-Ann Leckie, The Raven Tower
15. Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 7
By: Gege Akutami
4.54
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared … read more
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- fiction
"Winning by dying and winning even if you die are two different things, Megumi. Give it your all. It's okay to be selfish."-Gege Akutami, Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 7
"Winning by dying and winning even if you die are two completely different things, Megumi. Give it your all. It's okay to be selfish."-Gege Akutami, Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 7
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16. 呪術廻戦 8 [Jujutsu Kaisen 8]
By: Gege Akutami
4.60
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
受肉した「呪胎九相図」の次男三男を撃破し、宿儺の指を回収した虎杖達。その成果を受け彼等を1級術師に推す声が上がる。裏で手を回す五条の思惑は…!? ──物語は、五条と夏油の高専2年時の事件へと遡る!! read more
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- fiction
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17. 呪術廻戦 6 [Jujutsu Kaisen 6]
By: Gege Akutami
4.52
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
交流会に乗じ虎杖を狙う京都組。そこへ真人率いる呪霊と呪詛師が乱入する。生徒救出に向かう教師陣だが、敵の“帳"により分断され…!? 特級呪霊・花御に襲われた狗巻と伏黒は、危機を脱する事が出来るのか!? read more
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- fiction
18. Absolution
By: Alice McDermott
3.81
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
19. A Guest in the House
By: Emily Carroll
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more
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- fiction
"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
20. 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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"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
21. The Shop on Royal Street (Royal Street, #1)
By: Karen White
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The first in a new spinoff series of Karen White's New York Times bestselling Tradd Street novels. … read more
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- fiction
22. The Goodbye Cat
By: Hiro Arikawa
3.90
Format: 285 pages, ebook
In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles , se… read more
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- fiction
"If you can make it in time, you want to say goodbye. Want to say thank you, and I love you."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
"If, for instance, I were the one who had to say goodbye, I don’t think I’d want my final hours to be sad. I would want to see my loved ones’ smiles to the very end."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
23. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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24. Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
By: Sue Black
4.31
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.… read more
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"Sometimes, a bone is just a coconut"-Sue Black, Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
25. Winter Counts
By: David Heska Wanbli Weiden
3.84
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dange… read more
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- fiction
- indigenous
"There is no word for goodbye in Lakota. That's what my mother used to tell me. Sure, there are words like toksa, which meant "later," that were used by people as a modern substitute. She'd told me la…"-David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts
"But as I thought about it, I liked the idea more and more. Depredation claims. If something was stolen from you, all you had to do was file a claim and your losses would be restored. How about a depr…"-David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts
26. Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)
By: Colleen Cambridge
3.64
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore thi… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"If I could fix an airplane engine, I could roast a chicken. It couldn't be that difficult, could it? Yes. Yes, it could."-Colleen Cambridge, Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)
27. Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
By: Rita Chang-Eppig
3.49
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Outlawed, Piranesi, and The Night Tiger, a riveting, roaring adventure novel about a… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
28. When We Were Birds
By: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
3.79
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A mythic love story set in Trinidad and Tobago, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's radiant debut introduces two u… read more
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- fiction
"You feeling the thing that in my mother, and her mother and hers, calling to the thing that is you, and in your daughter (...), and in her daughter and hers."-Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds
"When the last feather has gone, and your woman body has grown full, remember that you remain a bird inside. You have not forgotten how to fly. For what is more woman than holding death and life, sky …"-Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds
29. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
By: Maureen Callahan
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more
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30. The Writer's Cats
By: Muriel Barbery
3.82
Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition
From the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes this delightful, delicate tale t… read more
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- fiction
31. A Line of Driftwood: the Ada Blackjack Story
By: Diane Glancy
3.51
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In September 1921, a young Inupiat woman named Ada Blackjack traveled to Wrangel Island, 200 miles … read more
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- poetry
- historical fiction
- fiction
- indigenous
