The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare
By: Marcy Cottrell Houle
4.55
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
The desire to help our elders navigate health issues is clear and universal—how to assure proper ca…
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1. Beautiful Ruins
By: Jess Walter
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The story begins in 1962. On a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline, a young innkeeper… read more
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2. Anything Is Possible
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.20
Format: None pages,
Short story collection Anything Is Possibleexplores the whole range of human emotion through the in… read more
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3. How to Be a Sister: A Love Story with a Twist of Autism
By: Eileen Garvin
3.71
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Eileen Garvin's older sister, Margaret, was diagnosed with severe autism at age three. Growing up a… read more
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4. Five Days in November
By: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The New York Timesbestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Meshare the stories behind the five infam… read more
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5. After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more
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6. 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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7. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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- nonfiction
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
8. Leaving
By: Roxana Robinson
3.87
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again? “I never thought I’d see you her… read more
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"Being a mother is paying it forward, sending that energy and feeling to someone who needed it at first to survive, but who, the older she becomes, needs you less. The older you become, the more irrel…"-Roxana Robinson, Leaving
"The justification for leaving a marriage was that you were increasing the sum of happiness in the world. You were ending your own unhappiness, and your spouse’s (if you weren’t happy, your spouse cou…"-Roxana Robinson, Leaving
9. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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- nonfiction
"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
10. It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
By: Mary Louise Kelly
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly… read more
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- nonfiction
"In his book "Being Mortal", the surgeon Atul Gawande accurately describes the joy that flows from being good at your work. 'You become a doctor for what you imagine to be the satisfaction of the work…"-Mary Louise Kelly, It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
11. Roman Stories
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
3.80
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is … read more
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12. 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
13. By Any Other Name
By: Jodi Picoult
4.19
Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about … read more
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14. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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- nonfiction
15. 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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16. I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more
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"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
17. Miss Benson's Beetle
By: Rachel Joyce
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
She's going too far to go it alone. It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and M… read more
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"Just because you've never done something doesn't mean you can't start."-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle
"But there were moments of joy. Even at its worst, life will offer such moments."-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle
"History is not made up by events alone, but also by what lies between the lines."-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle
"The truest friendships are those that allow us to step out of the confines of what we once were, and to realize instead what we might be."-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle
18. How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
By: Hazel Prior
4.10
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's… read more
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"It's been a very long time since I've had an adventure."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
"I have no wish to talk about the manifold tragedies of my life."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
"Like her harshness was a kind of coat she wrapped tightly round herself so nobody could see what was underneath."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
"Because at this moment there is pain, intense and merciless. It seeps in and out of my body’s pores, claws at my lungs and sears into every pocket of my heart like burning acid."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
19. Becoming Mrs. Lewis
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.05
Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition
In a most improbable friendship, she found love. In a world where women were silenced, she found he… read more
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"I'm trying because I must."-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis
"Desperation fuels one to believe idiocy is insight"-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis
"You tolerate what you must when it becomes your reality."-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis
"If you knew all the answers, there'd be no need for trust, little one."-Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis
20. Paper Names
By: Susie Luo
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer … read more
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"Repetition. That was my father’s philosophy on learning. It applied not only to the piano, but my studies too. Before every test, he made me write out every single word from the textbook chapter, twi…"-Susie Luo, Paper Names
21. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
By: Camille T. Dungy
4.19
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more
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22. The Beauty of Dusk
By: Frank Bruni
4.06
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes a wise and moving memoir abo… read more
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- health
23. The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
By: Sara B. Franklin
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne… read more
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24. There Are Rivers in the Sky
By: Elif Shafak
4.58
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more
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"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky
25. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)
By: Kate Atkinson
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more
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26. Playground
By: Richard Powers
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more
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27. How the Light Gets In
By: Joyce Maynard
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her… read more
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28. A Great Marriage
By: Frances Mayes
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When a perfect wedding is called off just days before the big event, it sends two people—and their … read more
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29. The Life Impossible
By: Matt Haig
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight L… read more
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"And, like so many of life's fun things, it will begin with minimally invasive radiofrequency-based vein ablation surgery."-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible
"When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator."-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible
30. The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare
By: Marcy Cottrell Houle
4.55
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
The desire to help our elders navigate health issues is clear and universal—how to assure proper ca… read more
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- nonfiction
- health care
- health
31. The Mighty Red
By: Louise Erdrich
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells … read more
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