Leaving the Land
By: Douglas Unger
3.76
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Marge Hogan and her community struggle to keep their farms when corporate farming takes over, causi…
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1. Maud's Line
By: Margaret Verble
3.39
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE A debut novel chronicling the life and loves of a headstrong, earth… read more
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2. Silver Sparrow
By: Tayari Jones
4.30
Format: None pages,
With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, "My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist," author Taya… read more
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- fiction
3. Kindred
By: Octavia E. Butler
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindredhas become a cornerstone of black Americ… read more
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4. 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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5. Mothering Sunday
By: Graham Swift
4.25
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, intensely moving tale that begins with a secret lovers' assignation in the spring of 19… read more
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6. Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more
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"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend
7. The Mountains Sing
By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Va… read more
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- fiction
"As long as I have my voice, I am still alive."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Being a mother is never easy... It’s about failing, learning, and then failing again."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"History will write itself in people's memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
8. The Night Watchman
By: Louise Erdrich
4.10
Format: 464 pages, ebook
Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather … read more
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- fiction
"But every so often the government remembered about Indians and when they did they always tried to solve Indians, thought Thomas. They solve us by getting rid of us. And do they tell us when they plan…"-Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
9. 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
10. The Salt Path
By: Raynor Winn
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home and… read more
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"It’s six hundred and thirty miles and we’ll have to camp all the way."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
"Give time for what you know you must do and you will have what you desire the most."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
"Refugees from western civilisation, cut adrift from life in a boat that rarely finds a harbour."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
"We had lost everything except our children and each other, but we had the wet grass and the rhythm of the sea on the rocks."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
11. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
By: Robert Dugoni
4.43
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Bo… read more
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12. Solito
By: Javier Zamora
4.48
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A young poet tells the story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at th… read more
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"We nod, and I notice stars beginning to pop behind his head."-Javier Zamora, Solito
"Puedo sentir El Viaje en las plantas de mis pies. Lo veo en mis sueños."-Javier Zamora, Solito
"My chest like hummingbirds fighting for the hibiscus in Abuelita's garden."-Javier Zamora, Solito
"Mom to my left, Dad to my right, a mosquito net like a crown covering all of us."-Javier Zamora, Solito
13. The Nickel Boys
By: Colson Whitehead
4.26
Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition
Author of The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of Ameri… read more
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- fiction
"Even in death the boys were trouble."-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys
"Violence is the only lever big enough to move the world"-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys
"People get rid of plenty when they move--sometimes they're changing not just places but personalities."-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys
"The encyclopedias are empty. There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are."-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys
14. Leaving the Land
By: Douglas Unger
3.76
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Marge Hogan and her community struggle to keep their farms when corporate farming takes over, causi… read more
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