Memory of a Large Christmas
By: Lillian E. Smith
3.85
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
As a young child in the early 1900s, writer and civil rights crusader Lillian Smith lived an idylli…
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1. The Family Under the Bridge
By: Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson
3.96
Format: 97 pages, Paperback
This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his… read more
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"You're afraid the sly little things will steal your heart if they find out you have one."-Garth Williams, The Family Under the Bridge
2. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
By: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey
4.00
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
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"Abrió el libro, pero ninguna página parecía ser lo bastante potente para borrar la soledad que sentía."-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"La catastrofe de la vejez residía en no atreverse a ir a cualquier parte, en resignarse a perder la libertad"-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"If you don't praise people just sometimes a little early on they die of despair, or turn into Hitlers, you know?"-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"...pensaba en el amor y en sus espantosas desigualdades. Siempre hay alguien que ofrece la mejilla y otro que la besa."-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
3. The Good Old Boys
By: Elmer Kelton
4.10
Format: 668 pages, Paperback
Hewey Calloway has a problem. In his West Texas home of 1906, the land of the way of life that he l… read more
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4. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
By: Susan Gregg Gilmore
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes you have to return to the place where you began, to arrive at the place where you belong.… read more
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5. The Smiling Country
By: Elmer Kelton
3.37
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
Hewey is back; older, wiser, and badly banged up trying to break a renegade bronc. His wandering da… read more
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6. The Christmas Shoes (Christmas Hope #1)
By: Donna VanLiere
4.09
Format: 372 pages,
Sometimes, the things that can change your life will cross your path in one instant-and then, in a … read more
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7. All Things Bright and Beautiful
By: James Herriot
4.00
Format: None pages,
"A very warm, very engaging read. . . . The reader falls totally under his spell." --Associated Pre… read more
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8. A Bird in the House
By: Margaret Laurence
3.69
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of Canada's most accomplished authors combines the best qualities of both the short story and t… read more
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9. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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10. You Are Here
By: David Nicholls
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way . . . Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his… read more
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"It’s true I do have time and freedom and I love it, sometimes. But the notion that I should be “making the most of it"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"You were traumatised.’ ‘I wonder if people use that word too much.’ ‘It’s the right word for something traumatic.’ ‘But it wasn’t war. People get beaten up every Friday night.’ ‘And are traumatised b…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"she went on a solo trip to Italy, role-playing a character in a Forster novel. In Florence, she read performatively in cafés and sat in the cool of exquisite churches, straining for some kind of spir…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"Books saw her through the pupal stage of thirteen to sixteen, frowning at Kafka and Woolf, then tearing through John Irving and Maeve Binchy, widely read in the proper sense, making no distinction be…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
11. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
12. Lucy by the Sea
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.91
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bund… read more
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13. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
By: Janet Skeslien Charles
4.02
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more
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14. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
15. The Queen of Dirt Island
By: Donal Ryan
4.09
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant… read more
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"Time will wind its own sweet way. We have no choice but to keep up."-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island
"Happiness was a strange notion, something that was wrapped neatly, and packed into the closing scenes of television shows and daytime films, sharply relieved on the screen, but blurry in real life, a…"-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island
"her mother and grandmother and great-grandmother had walked her to the classroom door and Mammy had cried a bit and Granny had told her to cop on and Nana then had told Granny to cop on herself and t…"-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island
"She felt sad in that moment for anyone in the world who didn’t have a mother like hers. A mother who was standing now above her quarry like a prizefighter in a swell of victory, looking slowly left a…"-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island
16. No Two Persons
By: Erica Bauermeister
4.09
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s N… read more
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"All that matters is that we try. pg. 79"-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Guilt is easier to drown in than any sorrow. pg. 245"-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Always start with words. Words last. Tell me a secret from your day."-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Did you know that otters sleep holding hands? All night long, so they don't lose each other."-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
17. The Music of Bees
By: Eileen Garvin
4.10
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
A heartwarming debut novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, following three lone… read more
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18. Bookworm
By: Robin Yeatman
2.96
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
A wickedly funny debut novel--a black comedy with a generous heart that explores the power of imagi… read more
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19. Maureen (Harold Fry #3)
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3.95
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20. The Berlin Letters
By: Katherine Reay
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Near the end of the Cold War, a CIA code breaker discovers a symbol she recognizes from her childho… read more
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21. The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
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3.90
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a wo… read more
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22. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
By: Walter Isaacson
4.29
Format: 536 pages, Hardcover
When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a pape… read more
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"The beauty of nature and the joy that comes from unstructured human engagement is a powerful combination."-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
"Does empathy depend on believing that but for the grace of God, or the randomness of the natural lottery, we could have been born with a different set of endowments?"-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
"She felt at home in the lab. It was a quiet temple for individual persistence and contemplation. She could be creative and independent as she pursued a path toward her own discoveries."-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
23. Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show
By: Tommy Tomlinson
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account … read more
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24. Coming Home
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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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"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
25. A Quiet Life
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4.06
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From the author of A Little Hope —a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick—comes another “heartwarming, charact… read more
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"Maybe that is love. Maybe loving someone so deeply means accepting the fact that they occupy a specific, clear place in you. You accept that there will be a hole if you lose them- the same way a pain…"-Ethan Joella, A Quiet Life
26. Rednecks
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3.89
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A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more
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27. The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
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3.86
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties th… read more
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"As far as she was concerned, it was something people didn't do enough of: to take a few moments to yourself, when your mind was at its clearest. To reflect on the endless possibilities of the day str…"-Samuel Burr, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
28. The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America
By: Christopher C. Gorham
4.32
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Perfect for readers of A Woman of No Importance, Three Ordinary Girls, and Eleanor: A Life comes th… read more
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29. 2022 on Goodreads
By: Various
4.08
Format: None pages, None
Whether or not you've had time to write your own reviews, here's a chance to review your entire 202… read more
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30. Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life
By: Nicholas D. Kristof
4.55
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, … read more
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31. Memory of a Large Christmas
By: Lillian E. Smith
3.85
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
As a young child in the early 1900s, writer and civil rights crusader Lillian Smith lived an idylli… read more
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