Alaska, Not For a Woman
By: M.V. Carey
3.61
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
The adventures of a middle-aged widow from Texas to Alaska in the 1960's. The main focus is on the …
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1. The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
By: Elyn R. Saks
4.31
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Elyn Saks is a success by any measure: she's an endowed professor at the prestigious University of … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"in my experience, the words “now just calm down"-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
"some truths that were too difficult and frightening to know."-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
"The humanity we all share is more important than the mental illnesses we may not"-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
"I needed to put two critical ideas together: that I could both be mentally ill and lead a rich and satisfying life."-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
2. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
With riveting insight and detail, Simon Winchester crafts a fascinating glimpse into one man's tort… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
3. Alaska
By: James A. Michener
3.46
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Al… read more
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- travel
4. The Circle (The Circle, #1)
By: Dave Eggers
3.43
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
alternate cover for ISBN 9780385351393 When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the wor… read more
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"Why shouldn’t your curiosity about the world be rewarded?"-Dave Eggers, The Circle (The Circle, #1)
"Grief doesn't arrive on schedule, as much as we'd like to."-Dave Eggers, The Circle (The Circle, #1)
"There’s less need to slowly acclimate these guys to the tank,"-Dave Eggers, The Circle (The Circle, #1)
"Everyone will be tracked, cradle to grave, with no possibility of escape."-Dave Eggers, The Circle (The Circle, #1)
5. When the Emperor Was Divine
By: Julie Otsuka
3.29
Format: None pages,
Julie Otsuka's commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any… read more
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6. Black Cross
By: Greg Iles
4.07
Format: 248 pages,
It is January 1944 -- and as Allied troops prepare for D-day, Nazi scientists develop a toxic nerve… read more
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7. The Invention of Wings
By: Sue Monk Kidd
3.83
Format: 35 pages,
Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece … read more
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8. The Trackers
By: Charles Frazier
3.71
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain and Varina, a stunning new novel that p… read more
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"Wiltson, every time you open your mouth, it's like you're competing against yourself to say something stupider than yesterday. And you always win."-Charles Frazier, The Trackers
9. The Island of Sea Women
By: Lisa See
4.31
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781501154850 Set on the Korean island of Jeju, The Island of Se… read more
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"You should be more careful out there,"-Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women
"Who can name a death that was not tragic?"-Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women
"How can I help change things if I sit by and do nothing?"-Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women
"You aren't aware your clothes are getting wet in the rain."-Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women
10. The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)
By: Ann Leckie
3.65
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative s… read more
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11. Vampires of El Norte
By: Isabel Cañas
3.90
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the aut… read more
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12. The Librarian of Burned Books
By: Brianna Labuskes
3.93
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWI… read more
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"Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
"p. 364 Do you want to be the ones handing out the gasoline cans? Or the ones trying to put out the fire?"-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
"The men who sough violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
"The men who sought violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
13. Worthy
By: Jada Pinkett Smith
3.64
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
14. Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
By: Kristen Radtke
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This--a timely and moving meditation on isolation… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- memoir
"Perhaps we see loneliness in others simply to feel less lonely ourselves."-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
"Or the times I've watched the people I love so unsatisfied, clawing toward connection that surpasses what I'm able to give them."-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
"To arm ourselves is the most extreme form of separation I can imagine. To move through life without weapons is another way to remain open to the world, and at its mercy."-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
"But loneliness isn’t necessarily tied to whether you have a partner or a best friend or an aspirational active social life in which you’re laughing all the time. It’s a variance that rests in the spa…"-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
15. Camp Zero
By: Michelle Min Sterling
3.21
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a near-future northern settlement, a handful of climate change survivors find their fates intert… read more
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"Now Grant understood. College wasn't about books and ideas and new directions. It was slow annihilation."-Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero
"Why do men take so easily whatever they want? Because nothing will ever be enough, she realizes. The more a man possesses, the more he thinks he deserves."-Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero
16. Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)
By: Martha Hall Kelly
4.26
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist who helped young gi… read more
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17. Wildlife, Warrants, & Weapons (Camper & Criminals, #19)
By: Tonya Kappes
4.14
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Southern Hospitality with a Smidgen of Homicide I'm a handyman in the Daniel Boone National Park. M… read more
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18. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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19. Broken Horses
By: Brandi Carlile
4.40
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and six-time Grammy winner opens up about a l… read more
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"Love isn't a feeling. It's something we do, and a promise that we keep."-Brandi Carlile, Broken Horses
"I understand who I am as an artist because I understand that I don’t understand who I am as an artist."-Brandi Carlile, Broken Horses
"The people and events that had come along and healed me never went unnoticed. My dad pointed out recently that after my botched baptism, I started to gather people--congregants, squads, cheerleaders.…"-Brandi Carlile, Broken Horses
20. A Wish in the Dark
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.29
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Newbery Medal Honor Title (2021) A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. All light i… read more
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"You can't run away from darkness. It's everywhere. The only way to see through it is to shine a light."-Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark
"The world wasn't what I wanted it to be," Pong went on. "Not Chattana. Not even Tanaburi. I thought if I ran far enough, I could find that perfect place where life is fair and everything is good. But…"-Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark
21. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
By: Jennifer Ryan
4.09
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationin… read more
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"Clothes do that sometimes. They have the power to make you into someone else. They can make anything seem possible."-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
"Sometimes we just need someone with a fresh perspective to hold up a mirror and show us who we really are – who we could become, if we put our minds to it."-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
"In a good family, you're loved, simply, for being you, and whatever happens, wherever you go, you will always know that you are loved. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how beautiful, or how …"-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
22. When Women Were Dragons
By: Kelly Barnhill
3.85
Format: 367 pages, Paperback
A rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transfo… read more
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"The dragons did not go away."-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
"The work of storytelling requires a person to remain in a state of brutal vulnerability and punishing empathy. We feel everything. It tears us apart. We could not do this work without people in our l…"-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
"There's very little we can control in this life. All we can do is accept whatever comes, learn what we can, and hang onto what we love. And that's it. In the end, the only thing you can hope to contr…"-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
"Instead, they drew dragons. Big dragons, tiny dragons. Dragons destroying skyscrapers and dragons swimming with whales and dragons dancing on the head of a pin and dragons skidding down one arm of th…"-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
23. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
By: Alix E. Harrow
4.03
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As t… read more
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"Books are Doors and I wanted out."-Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
"Sometimes pain is too unavoidable, too necessary to feel."-Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
"Every story is a love story if you catch it at the right moment"-Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
"It isn’t pain or suffering that unmakes a person; it’s only time."-Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
24. The Glassmaker
By: Tracy Chevalier
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more
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"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
25. Alaska, Not For a Woman
By: M.V. Carey
3.61
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
The adventures of a middle-aged widow from Texas to Alaska in the 1960's. The main focus is on the … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
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