Voices in the Band: A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)
By: Susan C. Ball
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"I am an AIDS doctor. When I began that work in 1992, we knew what caused AIDS, how it spread, and …
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1. Madness: A Bipolar Life
By: Marya Hornbacher
4.03
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing dispatch from inside the belly of bipolar disorder, reflecting major new insights W… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Falling in love happens so suddenly that it seems, all at once, that you have always been in love."-Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life
"I get absolutely shitfaced. I am shitfaced and hyper and ten years old. I am having the time of my life."-Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life
"My brain sometimes departs from the agreed-upon reality, and my private reality is a very lonely place. But in the end, I'm not sure I wish I'd never gone there."-Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life
"When you are mad, mad like this, you don't know it. Reality is what you see. When what you see shifts, departing from anyone else's reality, it's still reality to you."-Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life
2. A Prayer for Owen Meany
By: John Irving
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, h… read more
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3. Glass Houses (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #13)
By: Louise Penny
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
When a mysterious figure appears on the village green on a cold November day in Three Pines, Armand… read more
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4. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
By: Kim Edwards
3.97
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His so… read more
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5. The Sound of Gravel
By: Ruth Wariner
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A riveting, deeply-affecting true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist cult. Ruth Wari… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
6. You'll Grow Out of It
By: Jessi Klein
4.00
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMESAND USA TODAYBESTSELLER! YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, exp… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
7. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
By: Kay Redfield Jamison
4.06
Format: 663 pages,
The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of th… read more
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8. A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12)
By: Louise Penny
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Louise Penny pulls back the layers to reveal a brilliant and emotionally powerfu… read more
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9. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
By: William Styron
4.24
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true acc… read more
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10. Positive: One Doctor's Personal Encounters with Death, Life, and the US Healthcare System
By: None
4.19
Format: 45 pages, Hardcover
Positivetraces the life of Michael S. Saag, MD, an internationally known expert on the virus that c… read more
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11. Here After
By: Sean Costello
3.44
Format: 384 pages,
Following the death of his ten-year-old son, physician Peter Croft embarks on a desperate, seemingl… read more
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12. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
By: Beth Macy
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction.… read more
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"The corporation feels no pain."-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
"You whack one [dealer], and the others just pop right up, like Whac-A-Mole"-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
"Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long and for truly no good law enforcement reason."-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
"But you can't put a corporation in jail; you just take their money, and it's not really their money anyway."-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
13. The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine
By: Ricardo Nuila
4.38
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
14. Ten Steps to Nanette
By: Hannah Gadsby
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared tha… read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
"Nanette is basically Eat Pray Love for autistic queer folk."-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"So, I will just share it here, because I truly believe that the only universal “body"-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"It really is something when you can make collecting and organising objects boring to a young kid with autism spectrum disorder (but that’s exactly what Stamp Explorer managed to do)."-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"And I needed my audience to trust me because I needed my audience to feel safe, and I needed my audience to feel safe so that I could take that safety away and not give it back. Why? Because that is …"-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
15. A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
By: Lawrence Ingrassia
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
16. All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
By: Louise Penny
4.43
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sû… read more
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"You were going to say the Death Star, weren’t you?"-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
"I just sit where I'm put, composed of stone and wishful thinking: That the deity that kills for pleasure will also heal, That in the midst of your nightmare, the final one, a kind lion will pick your…"-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
"Regarding Notre Dame cathedral: "He could see the huge rose window that had, incredibly, survived the fire. It looked, behind the works, like a giant third eye. Gazing perpetually out at the City of …"-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
"I just sit where I’m put, composed of stone and wishful thinking: That the deity that kills for pleasure will also heal, That in the midst of your nightmare, the final one, a kind lion will come with…"-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
17. A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
By: Louise Penny
4.30
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet… read more
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"Consequences,"-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
"Civility. How can we expect it if we don't give it?"-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
"It was, he knew, a sign of End of Days. Ruth refusing booze."-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
"Chief Inspector Gamache’s says there are ‘four sentences that lead to wisdom: I don’t know. I need help. I’m sorry. I was wrong."-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
18. Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14)
By: Louise Penny
4.33
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
When a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head o… read more
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"I don’t know. I need help. I was wrong. I’m sorry."-Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14)
"In time, it wasn't all that long ago, but measured in events, it was an eternity."-Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14)
"They looked at each other, and then, in unison, all three said, "Tell me what you know."-Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14)
"Entitlement was, she knew, a terrible thing. It chained the person to their victimhood. It gobbled up all the air around it. Until the person lived in a vacuum, where nothing good could flourish."-Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14)
19. How to Say Babylon
By: Safiya Sinclair
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s … read more
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"As I grew older, I knew I would never be his perfect Rasta daughter. I was too headstrong, too curious. Too much of myself, and not enough of him."-Safiya Sinclair, How to Say Babylon
20. Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise
By: Jack Parlett
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
* A Town and Country Must-Read Book of Summer * *A BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF JUNE* *A Washington Post… read more
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- lgbt
21. Two Women Walk into a Bar
By: Cheryl Strayed
4.06
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things , finds humor and connecti… read more
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22. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
By: Suleika Jaouad
4.43
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from … read more
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- memoir
"To learn to swim in the ocean of not-knowing- this is my constant work."-Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
"It's a funny thing, coming home. Everything smells the same, looks the same, feels the same, but you are different; the contrast between who you were when you left and who you are now is heightened a…"-Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
"If you need to reach me, or send me anything I'll hopefully have access to email, but who knows how alert I'll be...Please don't ask too many questions about what the logistics look like, or where an…"-Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
23. 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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24. The Storm: One Voice from the AIDS Generation
By: Christopher Zyda
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Christopher Zyda confronts the long-buried and painful memories of his harrowing fifteen-year journ… read more
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25. Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism
By: Peter Staley
4.45
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
In 1987, somebody shoved a flyer into the hand of Peter massive AIDS demonstration, it announced. … read more
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"Show me an activist who is so overwhelmed by darkness that they can't feel joy, and I'll show you a useless activist. Grief and anger are powerful motivators. In our case, the sparked a movement and …"-Peter Staley, Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism
"Being a spokesperson for a movement is a tricky thing. Being one for a movement that bills itself as leaderless in even trickier. Do it badly, and you'll squander a major opportunity for the movement…"-Peter Staley, Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism
26. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
By: Tia Levings
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more
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27. Life Travel And The People In Between: A Memoir
By: Mike Nixon
4.16
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
In 2006, Mike Nixon worked as a hotel receptionist. Having thousands of encounters with guests from… read more
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28. Am I The Asshole? : A Memoir
By: Brandon Day
3.67
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
"A hilarious and irreverent take on memoirs...you'll never look at memoirs the same way again." -Bo… read more
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29. Voices in the Band: A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)
By: Susan C. Ball
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"I am an AIDS doctor. When I began that work in 1992, we knew what caused AIDS, how it spread, and … read more
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30. "Elizabeth": My Journey Through Control
By: Elizabeth Simpkins
4.10
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
Do you like sex, drugs, and rock n' roll? Do you know what jails, institutions, and death are all a… read more
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31. Naked (in Italy): A Memoir About the Pitfalls of La Dolce Vita
By: M.E. Evans
4.04
Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition
A page-turning, heart-wrenching, hilarious debut in the tradition of Elizabeth Gilbert, Jenny Lawso… read more
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