Venus to the Hoop: A Gold Medal Year in Women's Basketball
By: Sara Corbett
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
They played for the gold. They played for the glory. And they played for the future of women athl…
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1. Girls of Riyadh
By: Rajaa Alsanea
3.27
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
When Rajaa Alsanea boldly chose to open up the hidden world of Saudi women—their private lives and … read more
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"ما اسوأ ان لا يجد الانسان تقديرا من اقرب الناس اليه"-Rajaa Alsanea, Girls of Riyadh
"الحمل هو الطريقة الأضمن لاستمرار الحياة الزوجية، استمرارها لا نجاحها"-Rajaa Alsanea, Girls of Riyadh
"الرجال لا يحبون دائما من يحترمون، والنساء بالعكس لايحترمن إلا من احبهن"-Rajaa Alsanea, Girls of Riyadh
"قلوب تخشى الإنكسار بعد الإنكسار الأول، فتبقى في خيامها حتى تأتي يدي غريب لتصلح أوتادها"-Rajaa Alsanea, Girls of Riyadh
2. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
By: Matthew Desmond
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more
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- nonfiction
3. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
By: Kao Kalia Yang
3.84
Format: 352 pages,
In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn j… read more
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- nonfiction
4. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
By: Lisa See
4.42
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual … read more
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5. Green Island
By: Shawna Yang Ryan
3.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A stunning story of love, betrayal, and family, set against the backdrop of a changing Taiwan over … read more
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6. Night Sky with Exit Wounds
By: Ocean Vuong
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--s… read more
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7. Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
There are no tides more treacherous than those of the heart. —Teek saying The great city of Tova… read more
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"He had only wanted to be seen for a moment. Recognized as a man, not a god."-Rebecca Roanhorse, Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)
"But perhaps unforgivable acts are what is required to save this city. I tried kindness, again and again, and I failed."-Rebecca Roanhorse, Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)
"Duty is a fine thing for those whose shoulders are stooped to the yoke, but it smothers those born to the wing. —Exhortations for a Happy Life"-Rebecca Roanhorse, Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)
"Some have called me a fool for seeking to master the wild magics. But they have called me a fool only once, and the plaints of the dead matter not. —From The Manual of the Dreamwalkers, by Seuq, a sp…"-Rebecca Roanhorse, Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)
8. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
By: Maria Bamford
3.77
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more
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- nonfiction
9. 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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- nonfiction
"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
10. Even Though I Knew the End
By: C.L. Polk
3.85
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more
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"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
11. The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
By: Rhaina Cohen
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Why do we place romantic partnership on a pedestal? What do we lose when we expect one person to me… read more
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- nonfiction
12. The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
By: N.K. Jemisin
4.10
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious t… read more
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"Bel's got a crush on NY1's Pat Kiernan, so he watches news every morning on the TV in the common area."-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"You said it yourself: New York is rude. We'll give you the shirt off our backs and our last subway card swipe if you're lost, but step to us with wild accusations about things that aren't our fault a…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"He twitches through Times Square, resisting the urge to gawk like a tourist, groaning in native-New-Yorker frustration when the tourists get in his way—but in an eyeblink he's at Fourteenth Street, h…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"He moves to stand on a nearby subway grate, through which he can hear a 1 train idling on the platform below. He spreads his hands to feel the gentle waft of warm, funky-smelling subway air along his…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
13. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
4.31
Format: 597 pages, Hardcover
The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more
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14. A-Gong's Table: Vegan Recipes from a Taiwanese Home (A Chez Jorge Cookbook)
By: George Lee
3.76
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A rendering of food through the memories of family and of over ninety plant-based recipes from Geo… read more
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15. Rare Gems: How Four Generations of Women Paved the Way For the WNBA
By: Howard Megdal
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An expansive and compelling chronicle tracing the rise of modern women's basketball Elvera “Peps… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- basketball
16. Banyan Moon
By: Thao Thai
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life … read more
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"Through her, I understood that another mother's horror could touch us in the darkest of places, even a world away."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"Grief is a lake of perilously thin ice. You never know when you'll fall through it, or when you will fight your way back to the surface."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"My morning swims have centered me and calmed the storm inside my mind. In the water, my memories lose their sharp edges, like river stones forced smooth."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"I wonder if you can inherit evil.' 'Maybe. Or maybe it's not something you inherit, but something that runs through you, another person's trauma, their violence. It sits below the skin until you name…"-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
17. He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
By: Shelley Parker-Chan
4.25
Format: 486 pages, ebook
How much would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after … read more
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"A man's greatest treasure is his sons."-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"Take him out drinking with you somewhere in Qingyuan tonight. Then on the way home,"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"This was the part she loved, fiercely. The leap from which there was no turning back; the buoyant thrill of knowing that all the threads of action would come together—had to come together—into succes…"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
18. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
19. Land of Milk and Honey
By: C Pam Zhang
3.54
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory… read more
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" Real food is whatever cooks are proud to make. "-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey
"We all die. We have only the choice, if we are privileged, of whether death comes with a whimper or a bang; of what worlds we taste before we go."-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey
"My employer was attuned to patterns of human behavior in which he could not take part; because he failed to be swept up in their currents, he could, from his remove, map the tides."-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey
"What sustains in the end are doomed romances, and nicotine, and crappy peanut butter, damn the additives and cholesterol because life is finite and not all nourishment can be measured."-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey
20. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
By: Dashka Slater
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more
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- nonfiction
21. On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
By: Danya Ruttenberg
4.46
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm--from personal trans… read more
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- nonfiction
"Before we even understand what repentance is, we’re instructed to name, out loud, the harm that we have caused."-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
"[W]e all know that sometimes people mean well but cause harm nonetheless—out of ignorance, out of carelessness, out of deeply ingrained ways of thinking they haven't examined, out of an emotional rea…"-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
22. Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
By: Chris Herring
4.30
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrat… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- basketball
23. Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A Cookbook
By: Sohla El-Waylly
4.48
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
Change the way you think about cooking! In this epic guide to better eating, the chef, recipe devel… read more
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- nonfiction
24. Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You
By: A'ja Wilson
4.58
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A’ja Wilson comes an inspiratio… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- basketball
25. It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)
By: Karen Tang
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An inclusive and essential guide to reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, men… read more
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- nonfiction
26. Bubbleball: Inside the NBA's Fight to Save a Season
By: Ben Golliver
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A captivating account of the NBA’s strangest season ever, from shutdown to championship, from a pro… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- basketball
27. Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds
By: Hetty Lui McKinnon
4.40
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
ONE OF BON APPETIT 'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • The acclaimed author of To Asia, With Love explores … read more
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- nonfiction
28. Nuclear Family
By: Joseph Han
3.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Set in the months leading up to the 2018 nuclear missile false alarm, a Korean American family livi… read more
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29. Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food: Deliciously Doable Ways to Cook Greens, Tofu, and Other Plant-Based Ingredients
By: Hsiao-Ching Chou
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A vegetarian follow-up to the popular Chinese Soul Food cookbook that includes 75 plant-based comfo… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Venus to the Hoop: A Gold Medal Year in Women's Basketball
By: Sara Corbett
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
They played for the gold. They played for the glory. And they played for the future of women athl… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- basketball
31. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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- nonfiction
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
