Too Good a Girl: Remembering Olene Emberton and the Mystery of Her Death
By: Janis Thornton
4.06
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
In the mid-sixties, the small, midwestern farm town of Tipton, Indiana, seemed like the safest plac…
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1. Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)
By: William Kent Krueger
3.97
Format: 464 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Cork is having difficulty dealing with the marital meltdown th… read more
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"What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve."-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)
"Word is you heard the Windigo too." I did. The difference is I'm ready for the son of a bitch." --Cork O'Connor"-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)
" "He looked at his hands. Big hands. How useless a man’s hands were, he thought, when it came to fixing the important things." "-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)
" They fasted the rest of the day and breathed in the smoke of a cedar fire. At first light next morning, they blackened their faces with the cedar ash, a sign to the spirits of the deep woods that th…"-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)
2. The Light in the Ruins
By: Chris Bohjalian
3.81
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Timesbestselling author of Midwivesand The Sandcastle Girlscomes a spellbinding n… read more
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3. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
By: James McBride
3.69
Format: 176 pages,
Touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and … read more
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4. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
By: Daniel James Brown
3.59
Format: 464 pages,
In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Il… read more
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5. Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope
By: Patty Wetterling
4.60
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
With stunning detail, Patty Wetterling shares the untold story of the 27-year search for her son Ja… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
6. Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case
By: Lou Raguse
3.91
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The result of hundreds of interviews, Vanished in Vermillion is a cold case story that flips the sc… read more
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7. Nineteen Steps
By: Millie Bobby Brown
3.73
Format: 320 pages, ebook
The New York Times bestseller from iconic Emmy-nominated actress and producer MILLIE BOBBY BROWN: N… read more
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8. The Little Wartime Library
By: Kate Thompson
4.25
Format: 468 pages, Paperback
An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground … read more
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9. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
By: Henry Winkler
4.14
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more
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"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
10. Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi
By: Susan Hendricks
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Former CNN/HLN anchor and veteran broadcast journalist Susan Hendricks takes an investigative deep-… read more
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- true crime
11. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
By: Bono
4.20
Format: 564 pages, Hardcover
Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more
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"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
12. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
By: Fiona Davis
3.90
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
In nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roi… read more
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"Leave it to a librarian to point out the alliteration in my life’s tragedies."-Fiona Davis, The Lions of Fifth Avenue
"History is made by people in power making decisions, and their notes and writings reveal the decision-making process."-Fiona Davis, The Lions of Fifth Avenue
13. If You Would Have Told Me
By: John Stamos
3.81
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more
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- nonfiction
14. The Delphi Murders: The Quest To Find ‘The Man On The Bridge’
By: Nic Edwards
3.75
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
On February 13, 2017 , two Indiana teenagers, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, went fo… read more
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- true crime
15. The Lindbergh Nanny
By: Mariah Fredericks
3.78
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Mariah Fredericks's The Lindbergh Nanny is powerful, propulsive novel about America’s most notoriou… read more
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16. Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters
By: Jennifer Chiaverini
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker returns to her most famous heroi… read more
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17. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
By: Crystal Hefner
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more
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18. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
By: Paul Holes
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest … read more
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- true crime
19. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century
By: Roseanne Montillo
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more
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- true crime
20. The Kitchen Front
By: Jennifer Ryan
3.97
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
In a new World War II-set story from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir, four wom… read more
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21. The Last Train to Key West (The Perez Family #3)
By: Chanel Cleeton
4.10
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1935 three women are forever changed when one of the most powerful hurricanes in history barrels… read more
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22. Murder Road
By: Simone St. James
3.72
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deser… read more
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23. At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice
By: Rebecca Rosenberg
4.15
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
At Any Cost unravels the twisted story of Rod Covlin, whose unrepentant greed drove him to an unspe… read more
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24. Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story
By: Kristine S. Ervin
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For readers of My Dark Places and I'll Be Gone in the Dark , a beautiful, brutal memoir documenting… read more
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25. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
By: Kirsten Miller
4.19
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more
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26. Tragedy in the North Woods: The Murders of James Hicks (True Crime)
By: Trudy Scee
3.78
Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition
A riveting account of one of Maine’s most notorious serial killers—includes a prison interview betw… read more
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27. A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy
By: Kathy Kleiner Rubin
4.21
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as T… read more
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28. The Midnight Ride
By: Ben Mezrich
3.39
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the celebrated, New York Times bestselling author comes a commercial thriller of an MIT grad… read more
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29. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way
By: Fred C. Trump
4.07
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more
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30. Too Good a Girl: Remembering Olene Emberton and the Mystery of Her Death
By: Janis Thornton
4.06
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
In the mid-sixties, the small, midwestern farm town of Tipton, Indiana, seemed like the safest plac… read more
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31. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
By: Valerie Bauerlein
4.56
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s viol… read more
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